There are various ways to point a domain to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you have set up a site through some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs 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 set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently additional configuration may be required with the other company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every Linux cloud web hosting service, will permit you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available in the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is not likely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname that you're pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control of your domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this sort of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually seems a challenging task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated hosting we provide, is quite easy to use. If you want to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you will have to do will be to select the domain name or subdomain you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input 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 will be completely active and within several hours it is going to propagate around the world. If you are not sure what you need to do, we've prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located in that very same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for help anytime.