There are several ways to redirect a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you have developed a site through some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve in this way 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 company. It is very important to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and functioning email addresses with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes more configuration may be needed with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux cloud hosting package, will allow you to create CNAME records for any domain or subdomain hosted within the account with several mouse clicks. If you are not sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available in the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely you'll experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type in 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 domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up this kind of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to those with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every semi-dedicated package we provide, is very simple to use. If you need to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to choose the domain address or subdomain you need, pick the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then type the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is quite easy and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be 100 % active and within several hours it is going to propagate around the world. If you aren't sure what you should do, we have prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial on how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located within that same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for help anytime.