Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will allow you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain address it is being pointed to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain to a third-party provider and retain a working email service with the first provider. It is also important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is regularly wrongly identified as the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain address that you own through one company to the servers of another provider in case you have created an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Hosting
You can easily set up CNAME records in case you have a Linux hosting with our company. We will supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel that enables you to see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a number of simple steps - pick the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, after that just click on the Save button. The process is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. That way, you will have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you could set up a private URL for company e-mails, and 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 can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally just a mouse click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Managing DNS records usually seems to be a tough task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every semi-dedicated service that we provide, is very easy to use. If you want to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all you have to do will be to pick the domain or subdomain that you need, select the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very easy and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record is going to be completely active and within several hours it will propagate worldwide. If you're not sure what you have to do, we've prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located within that same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for assistance whenever you want.