There are many ways to point a domain to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you have set up a website using some online service which supplies you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working e-mail address with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and often more configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting
In case you have a cloud web hosting plan through our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will take you just a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted inside your account via the Hepsia CP offered with every single plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. In case you have never added such a record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll assist you with this task. If you have built a site through another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, such as Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few clicks inside your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will require no more than a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will find a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you will simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter will be directed to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is equally easy and takes a click. If you experience any problems, you can go through our detailed help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for assistance.