If you want to point a domain that you have to some other domain name or subdomain, the best way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain name being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it is forwarded to. That way, if you are using a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be pointed to the website that you have set up, but it will also appear in the web browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the visitors from various subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain since such a record created for the main domain address makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

Creating a CNAME record with our Linux cloud hosting packages is really simple. Our in-house built Hepsia CP includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains, so you can set up a new CNAME record for any domain or subdomain hosted inside your account in just a few basic steps. You will find a video tutorial in the same section where you can see the process first-hand. This feature will give you a variety of opportunities - if you set up a company site on our end, as an illustration, the employees can use their emails with the company domain name, not with the address of our mail server. If you choose to set up a site by using a different provider which offers online web design services, you can easily redirect a domain address hosted here and use it for the site. Last, but not least, in case you have a web-based store and you have a billing system for http://your-domain.com and/or an SSL certificate, you could set up a CNAME record for the www subdomain and redirect it to the main domain address, so all your customers will be forwarded to a secure URL.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it requires only a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will find a section committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will simply have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter is going to be pointed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally easy and takes a click. In case you experience any troubles, you can go through our comprehensive help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or you can just contact us for help.