Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got within a hosting account will permit you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain name it's being directed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party company and keep a functional e-mail service with the first hosting company. Also, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is generally wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address that you own through one company to the servers of some other company when you have created an Internet site with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every cloud hosting, will permit you to create CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few clicks. If you are not sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is unlikely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you are 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 of your domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up this kind of records effortlessly.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
You will be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records easily with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled using the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for any domain name or subdomain that you've added in your account. To create a new record, you just have to choose the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it will be forwarded to, pick the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be all set. In case you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is quite intuitive to use, so you'll not have any issues. We also have a short video and a detailed help article concerning how to set up a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the same section of Hepsia. With this function, you can easily use a domain name hosted on our innovative cloud hosting platform for an Internet site created elsewhere, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.