If you would like to direct a domain address that you have to some other domain address or subdomain, the best way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being redirected loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it is redirected to. This way, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be forwarded to the site 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 direct all the visitors from various subdomains to their main domain address, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain since such a record created for the main domain renders it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting
In case you have a cloud website hosting plan from our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you a few mouse clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted within your account through the Hepsia Control Panel included with every single plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. In case you have never added this type of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have built an Internet site using another company, 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, for example Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to set up a CNAME record with ease. If you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain name to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it won't take you more than three clicks to create this sort of record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the CP, so once you're there, all you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then enter the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch a short video within the Control Panel concerning how to create a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.