There are many ways to redirect a domain address to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you've created a site through some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is important to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and functioning e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases more configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records provided you have a cloud plan from our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP which allows you to see all DNS records for the domains and subdomains which are hosted within the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires several easy steps - pick the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, and then just click on the Save button. The process is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost right away. In this way, you are going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you could create a private URL for company emails, and much more. If you feel unclear 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 decide to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally just a click to do it.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it will take 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 discover a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To create a CNAME record, you will simply have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter is going to be directed 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. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any issues, you can go through our in-depth help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for help.