Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domains or subdomains you have within a hosting account will enable you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain it is being forwarded to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to direct your domain name to a third-party company and keep a functional e-mail service with the first hosting provider. It is also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is generally confused with the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address you own through one company to the servers of another company in case you have set up an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting plan through our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted inside your account from the Hepsia Control Panel included with each plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type, that will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the change. In case you have never added this kind of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will aid you with this task. If you have built a website via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different provider, for example Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few clicks inside your Control Panel.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it will take only a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will find a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter is going to be directed to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record within the account is just as easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any problems, you can go through our in-depth help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or simply contact us for assistance.