Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got in a hosting account allows you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party company and maintain a functional e-mail service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it is regularly confused with the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of another company if you have created a site with the latter. This way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

In case you have a web hosting plan from our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it will take you only a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted in your account via the Hepsia CP offered with every single plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type, that will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added such a record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have set up a site through another company, 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, such as Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of clicks in your CP.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will require just a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will find a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will simply have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter is going to be redirected to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is just as easy and takes a click. If you experience any troubles, you can go through our in-depth help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for help.