If you would like to forward a domain address that you have to some other domain address or subdomain, a good way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being redirected loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is forwarded to. That way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be redirected to the site that you've 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 redirect all the visitors from various subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because such a record created for the main domain makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting plan through our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account via the Hepsia Control Panel offered with each and every plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the change. In case you have never added this kind of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have built an Internet 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 provider, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks inside your CP.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it will take only a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled using our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will discover a section committed to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted within the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter is going to be pointed to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is equally easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any difficulties, 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 just contact us for help.