If you want to point a domain that you have to another domain name or subdomain, a good way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is directed to. That way, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be directed to the Internet site you have set up, but it'll also be displayed in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this type of a record set up for the main domain makes it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting
In case you have a shared website hosting plan from our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it'll take you just a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted in your account through the Hepsia CP that comes with each plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've never added this kind of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have created an Internet site using another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different provider, like Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of clicks inside your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You will be able to create, change and delete CNAME records really easy with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled from the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you will see all records for every domain address or subdomain which you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you just have to pick the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it will be forwarded to, choose the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be ready. Even if you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is incredibly intuitive to use, so you'll not have any problems. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article regarding how to create a CNAME record, both of which are located in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you could easily use a domain address hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for an Internet site created someplace else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, plus much more.