Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in a hosting account will enable you to direct 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 domain name it is being forwarded to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to point your domain name to a third-party company and retain a functional email service with the first provider. It is also important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's often wrongly identified as the A record of the Internet domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain that you own through one company to the servers of another provider assuming you have created a site with the latter. That way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every shared hosting plan, allows you to set up CNAME records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with only a few clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available within the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control of your domain names and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up this kind of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually seems a challenging task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every single semi-dedicated plan that we provide, is quite easy to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you will have to do will be to pick the domain or subdomain you need, pick the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then enter the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite easy and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be fully active and within several hours it'll propagate all over the world. If you are not sure what you should do, we have prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located within that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for help at any time.