If you'd like to forward a domain address that you have to a different domain name or subdomain, one of the ways to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is redirected to. In this way, if you are using a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be forwarded to the website that you've created, but it'll also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain since such a record created for the main domain address renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

Creating a CNAME record through our shared hosting is very simple. Our in-house built Hepsia CP has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names, so you can create a new CNAME record for any domain or subdomain hosted within your account in a couple of basic steps. You will find a video tutorial within the same section where you can see the process first-hand. This feature offers you a number of options - if you build a company website on our end, for example, the employees can use their emails with the company domain address, not with the address of our mail server. If you want to set up an Internet site using a different company that offers online web design services, you can easily redirect a domain name hosted here and use it for the site. Last, but not least, if you have an online store and you have a billing system for http://your-domain.com and/or an SSL certificate, you are able to create a CNAME record for the www subdomain and point it to the main domain, so all your visitors are going to be forwarded to a secure URL.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each Linux semi-dedicated package which we offer, is extremely simple to use. If you'd like to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will have to do will be to choose the domain address or subdomain that you need, select the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is very easy and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record will be fully active and within a few hours it is going to propagate all over the world. If you aren't sure what you should do, we've prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located within that same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any moment.