Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domain names or subdomains that you've got in a hosting account allows you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain name it is being directed to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to point your domain to a third-party provider and keep a functional email service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it is generally confused with the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name which you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider in case you have set up a website with the latter. By doing this, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every cloud web hosting, will enable you to create CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account with several clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, though it is unlikely you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domain names and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up such records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You are going to be able to set up, change and delete CNAME records really easy with all of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed using the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for any domain address or subdomain that you've added in your account. To set up a new record, you need to pick the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), input where it is going to be forwarded to, choose the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you will be ready. Even if you haven't used a web hosting service before, our CP is very intuitive to use, so you'll not have any troubles. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you could easily use a domain name hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a site created somewhere else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, and a lot more.