There are numerous ways to point a domain name to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you've developed a website using some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com is going to 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 important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one company and working email addresses with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes additional configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every hosting plan, allows you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account with several clicks. If you're not certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available in the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is not likely that you will experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname that you're forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domains and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up such records easily.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every single one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will permit you to set up a CNAME record effortlessly. When you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to redirect a domain address to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it won't take you more than three clicks to create such a record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so once you are there, all that you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to create 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 in the CP regarding how to set up a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that's available in the DNS records section.