If you wish to forward a domain name that you have to a different domain name or subdomain, the best way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is redirected to. In this way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be redirected to the website which you have set up, but it will also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all the targeted traffic from various subdomains to their main domain address, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain because this kind of a record set up for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

If you have a shared hosting plan through our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will take you only a few clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted in your account from the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with each plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type, which will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added this kind of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have set up a website via another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, for example Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of clicks inside your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a hard task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every single semi-dedicated hosting that we offer, is extremely easy to use. If you want to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to select the domain address or subdomain that you need, select the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be completely active and within a few hours it will propagate around the globe. If you are not sure what you should do, we've prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both situated in that same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any time.