If you want to point a domain name that you have to another domain name or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain address it's pointed to. By doing this, if you are using a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be directed to the site that you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the web browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all the 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 this type of a record set up for the main domain name renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting
In case you have a cloud web hosting plan from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will take you just a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted inside your account through the Hepsia Control Panel included with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've never added this sort of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will aid you with this task. If you have built a site through another provider, 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, for example Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks inside your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to set up a CNAME record easily. When you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain address to a subdomain within the account or to forward a domain address to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it will not require more than 3 clicks to create such a record. All DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you are there, all that you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then type in the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch a short video inside the Control Panel regarding how to set up a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.