Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains that you have in a hosting account allows you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being forwarded to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party company and maintain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. Additionally, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it is frequently mistaken for the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address you own through one company to the servers of another provider when you have set up a site with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every cloud website hosting, will allow you to set up CNAME records for every single domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with several mouse clicks. If you are not sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that's available within the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname that you're pointing to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domain names and site 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

The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, allows you to create a CNAME record without difficulty. When you want to create a private URL for your emails, to redirect a domain name to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain address to another provider and use some third-party service which they provide, it will not take you more than 3 clicks to set up such a record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so when you are there, all that you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your convenience, you can see a short video inside the CP on how to set up a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that's available in the DNS records section.