There are numerous ways to point a domain to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you've created a website through some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. You should know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes more configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux cloud website hosting package, allows you to set up CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you aren't absolutely sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available within the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is not likely you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this sort of records easily.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every single one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to create a CNAME record with ease. If you want to create a private URL for your emails, to point a domain to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain address to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it won't require more than three clicks to set up this kind of record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so once you're there, all you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch a short video in the CP concerning how to set up a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.