If you'd like to point a domain address that you have to another domain address or subdomain, the best way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain address being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it's pointed to. That way, if you use a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be pointed to the Internet site which you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because such a record set up for the main domain name renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
In case you have a shared hosting plan through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it'll take you only a few clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted within your account from the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with each plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the modification. If you have never added such a record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will assist you with this task. If you have created an Internet site using another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of clicks in your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You will be able to create, edit and delete CNAME records really easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed via the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain address or subdomain which you have added in your account. To create a new record, you simply need to choose the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), enter where it is going to be forwarded to, select the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you will be ready. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is extremely easy to use, so you will not have any problems. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article concerning how to create a CNAME record, both of which are available in the 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 someplace else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.