There are numerous ways to redirect a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. If you own a domain and you have developed a website using some on-line service which supplies you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve by doing this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to 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 pointing to one company and working email addresses with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases more configuration may be necessary with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every web hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, though it is unlikely you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain names and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create such records with ease.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
You are going to be able to create, edit and delete CNAME records easily with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled using the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain name or subdomain which you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you have to choose the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type in where it will be forwarded to, select the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you'll be ready. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is incredibly easy to use, so you will not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article regarding how to create a CNAME record, both of which are located in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you could easily use a domain hosted on our innovative cloud hosting platform for a site created someplace else, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, and a lot more.