Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains you've got in a hosting account will allow you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to point your domain to a third-party company and retain a functional e-mail service with the first provider. Also, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is commonly confused with the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain that you own through one company to the servers of some other company assuming you have set up an Internet site with the latter. This way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux shared web hosting, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted within the account with several clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available within the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, although it is not likely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you're pointing to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create such records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You will be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records easily with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are controlled via the custom Hepsia hosting CP, 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 create a new record, you only need to choose the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), input where it will be forwarded to, choose the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be ready. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our CP is quite intuitive to use, so you will not have any issues. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article concerning how to set up a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you can easily use a domain address hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a website created someplace else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.