There are many ways to redirect a domain address to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've developed a site using some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party provider. It is important to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and functioning e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently more configuration may be required with the other company.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every shared hosting, will allow you to create CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few clicks. If you are not confident how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available inside the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely that you will experience any troubles as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you're forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domains and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up this sort of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will permit you to create a CNAME record easily. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to point a domain name to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain address to another provider and use some third-party service which they provide, it's not going to take you more than 3 clicks to create this sort of record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you're there, all you will have to do will be to pick the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then enter the actual record text. For your benefit, you can watch a short video inside the CP regarding how to create a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.