If you want to point a domain address that you have to some other domain name or subdomain, a good way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is 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 name and not only will it be redirected to the website which you have set up, but it'll also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all of the targeted traffic from different subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain because such a record set up for the main domain renders it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
In case you have a cloud hosting plan through our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take you just a few mouse clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted inside your account from the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added this kind of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have set up an Internet site via another company, 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 company, such as Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few clicks within your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You're going to be able to create, edit and delete CNAME records really easy with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed using the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for every domain address or subdomain that you have added in your account. To create a new record, you simply have to choose the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), enter where it will be forwarded to, select the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be ready. In case you haven't used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is quite easy to use, so you will not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article concerning how to set up 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 innovative cloud hosting platform for a website created somewhere else, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.