Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domains or subdomains that you have within a hosting account will enable you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it is being redirected to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to point your domain to a third-party company and retain a functional email service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it is frequently wrongly identified as the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain you own through one provider to the servers of another company when you have created a site with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every shared hosting service, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account with only a few clicks. If you aren't confident how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you will experience any problems as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you're pointing to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control of your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up such records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually seems to be a difficult task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each semi-dedicated hosting service that we offer, is very simple to use. If you want to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will need to do will be to pick the domain name or subdomain you need, pick the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record will be fully active and within several hours it'll propagate around the world. If you aren't sure what you have to do, we have prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located within that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for help at any moment.