There are various ways to redirect a domain to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've set up a website using some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party company. You should know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and functioning e-mail address with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes additional configuration may be necessary with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a shared hosting through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you could view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves a number of simple steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, and then just click the Save button. The procedure is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. This way, you are going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company emails, and more. If you feel unsure about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You are going to be able to create, edit and delete CNAME records really easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are handled through the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain name or subdomain you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you need to select the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), input where it is going to be forwarded to, choose the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be ready. In case you have never used a web hosting service before, our CP is quite easy to use, so you'll not have any issues. We also have a short video and a detailed help article concerning how to set up a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you could easily use a domain address hosted on our revolutionary cloud hosting platform for a website created elsewhere, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, and more.