Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains you've got in the hosting account allows you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain address it is being directed to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to forward your domain name to a third-party company and keep a working email service with the first hosting provider. It's also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is frequently confused with the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address you own through one company to the servers of some other company if you have set up a site with the latter. In this way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records provided you have a Linux shared website hosting through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to view all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record includes several easy steps - pick the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, and then just click the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. In this way, you are going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company e-mails, and much more. If you feel unsure about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally just a click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will require just a couple of mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will see a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter will be forwarded to and save the modification. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record within the account is equally simple and easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any problems, you can go through our in-depth help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or simply contact us for assistance.