There are many ways to direct a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain and you've created a website using some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. You should know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases additional configuration may be necessary with the other company.
CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records if you have a Linux shared web hosting through our company. We're going to supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you can see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record includes a few simple steps - select the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are pointing to, after that just click on the Save button. The procedure is as easy as that and the new record is going to be active almost right away. That way, you are going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you could create a private URL for company emails, and much more. If you feel unsure about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally only a click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You'll be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records very easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are handled using the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for any domain or subdomain that you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you just have to pick the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), enter where it will be forwarded to, pick the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you will be ready. In case you haven't used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is extremely easy to use, so you'll not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which are available in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you could easily use a domain hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for a website created someplace else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.