Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in a hosting account will enable you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain address it's being pointed to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party company and keep a functional email service with the first provider. It's also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is commonly confused with the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider assuming you have set up a site with the latter. In this way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which our company offers with each and every cloud website hosting, will enable you to set up CNAME records for any domain or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you aren't sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available within the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely that you will experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this kind of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it takes only a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will see a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will simply have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter will be pointed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record within the account is just as easy and takes a click. In case you experience any problems, you can go through our comprehensive help article, see the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.