If you want to direct a domain address that you have to another domain address or subdomain, one way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's forwarded to. This way, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be redirected to the Internet site that you have created, but it will also appear in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the targeted traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain since this kind of a record set up for the main domain address makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you have a shared web hosting plan from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few mouse clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted in your account through the Hepsia CP included with each plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the change. In case you have never added this type of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have set up a site using another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, for example Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks inside your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to set up, modify and delete CNAME records really easy with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed via the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain or subdomain that you've added in your account. To set up a new record, you need to pick the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it will be forwarded to, select the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you will be all set. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is very intuitive to use, so you will not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article regarding how to create a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you can easily use a domain name hosted on our innovative cloud hosting platform for a site created somewhere else, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.