If you wish to forward a domain name that you have to another domain name or subdomain, the best way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it is directed to. This way, if you are using a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be directed to the website which you have set up, but it'll also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all the targeted traffic from different subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain because this kind of a record created for the main domain name makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

Creating a CNAME record with our web hosting plans is really simple. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names, so you can set up a new CNAME record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your account in just a few basic steps. There is also a video tutorial inside the same section where you can see the process first-hand. This feature offers you many options - if you create a company site on our end, for instance, the workers can use their e-mails with the company domain, not with the address of our mail server. If you decide to create a site using a different provider that offers online web design services, you can easily redirect a domain address hosted here and use it for the site. Last, but not least, in case you have a web-based store and you have a billing system for http://your-domain.com and/or an SSL certificate, you can set up a CNAME record for the www subdomain and forward it to the main domain address, so all your customers will be forwarded to a secure URL.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take just a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed via our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will see a section devoted to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted within the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type where the latter is going to be pointed 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. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record within the account is equally simple and takes a click. In case you experience any difficulties, you can go through our detailed help article, watch the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for assistance.