There are lots of ways to point a domain to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you've developed a website through some online service which supplies 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 will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes additional configuration may be required with the other company.
CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every shared website hosting plan, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted in the account with just a few clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, although it is unlikely you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up such records with ease.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
You are going to be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records really easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are handled via the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for every domain name or subdomain which you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you simply have to select the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), enter where it will be forwarded to, select the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you'll be ready. Even if you haven't used a web hosting service before, our CP is extremely intuitive to use, so you will not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which are available in the same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you could easily use a domain name hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a website created somewhere else, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and a lot more.