If you wish to direct a domain name that you have to another domain address or subdomain, the best way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is pointed to. That 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 site you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting 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 makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a hosting through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to observe all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Creating a CNAME record includes several simple steps - select the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, after that simply click on the Save button. The procedure is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost right away. In this 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 e-mails, and a lot more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally just a click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will allow you to set up a CNAME record with ease. In case you want to create a private URL for your emails, to redirect a domain to a subdomain within the account or to forward a domain address to another company and use some third-party service that they provide, it will not require more than three clicks to create this type of record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you are there, all that you will have to do will be to pick the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then type in the actual record text. For your convenience, you can see a short video within the Control Panel regarding how to create a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that's available in the DNS records section.