If you want to forward a domain address that you have to another domain name or subdomain, the best way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain name being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain address it's forwarded to. That way, 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 that you've set up, but it will also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain address, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because such a record created for the main domain name renders it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records in case you have a hosting plan with our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel that enables you to observe all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires a number of easy steps - select the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, then just click on the Save button. The procedure is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost right away. In this way, you will have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you could set up a private URL for company e-mails, and more. If you feel unsure about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally only a mouse click to make it happen.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to set up, edit and delete CNAME records very easy with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed via the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain or subdomain you have added in your account. To create a new record, you simply have to pick the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), enter where it will be forwarded to, choose the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you will be all set. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is incredibly easy to use, so you will not have any issues. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to create a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you could easily use a domain hosted on our cutting edge cloud hosting platform for a site created elsewhere, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, plus much more.