There are lots of ways to redirect a domain name to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you've created a site through some online service that provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential 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 pointing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes more configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you have a cloud website hosting plan through our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted within your account via the Hepsia Control Panel included with each plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added this type of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll aid you with this task. If you have created a site via another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different company, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few clicks in your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it will take only a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will discover a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter will be forwarded to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as simple and takes a click. In case you experience any problems, you can go through our detailed help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can simply contact us for help.