Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domains or subdomains that you have in the hosting account allows you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain address it is being redirected to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to direct your domain name to a third-party provider and keep a working e-mail service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is commonly wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain name which you own through one company to the servers of another provider when you have set up an Internet site with the latter. By doing this, the website will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we provide with each and every Linux hosting package, will permit you to set up CNAME records for any domain name or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you are not confident how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available in the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is unlikely 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're forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domain names and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create such records with ease.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it takes just a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will find a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the account. To create 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 forwarded to and save the change. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as easy and takes a click. In case you experience any issues, you can go through our in-depth help article, check out the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can simply contact us for assistance.