If you would like to direct a domain that you have to some other domain name or subdomain, a good way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being redirected loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's redirected to. By doing this, 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 pointed to the website which you have set up, but it'll also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all the visitors from different subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain because this kind of a record set up for the main domain address makes it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every cloud web hosting, will allow you to create CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted inside the account with only a few clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial available in the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, even though it is unlikely that you'll experience any problems as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domains and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people 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 all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled using the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for any domain address or subdomain that you've added in your account. To create a new record, you simply have to select the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type in where it will be forwarded to, select the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you will be ready. Even if you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use, so you will not have any problems. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you can easily use a domain name hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for a site created elsewhere, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, plus much more.