Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got in the hosting account will allow you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all 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 simply can't set up a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party company and keep a functional e-mail service with the first hosting company. It's also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it's frequently wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address that you own through one company to the servers of another company in case you have created a site with the latter. This way, the site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records if you have a shared web hosting with our company. We're going to supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you can observe all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a number of easy steps - select the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, and then simply click the Save button. The procedure is as basic as that and the new record will be active almost instantly. This way, you will have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create a private URL for company e-mails, and much more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a click to do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it will require no more than a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will see a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter is going to be redirected to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record within the account is equally simple and takes a click. In the event you experience any difficulties, you can go through our comprehensive help article, watch the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.