There are numerous ways to direct a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've created a site through 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're going to achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is very important to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain address 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 often more configuration may be needed with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Web Hosting
If you have a web hosting plan through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will take you just a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted within your account via the Hepsia Control Panel offered with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added such a record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have created a website using 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 setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will take only a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will find a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type where the latter will be pointed to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is equally simple and takes a click. In the event you experience any issues, you can go through our comprehensive help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.