Creating a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains that you've got in a hosting account allows you to forward 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 it's being pointed to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party provider and retain a working e-mail service with the first provider. It's also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is often wrongly identified as the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of some other company if you have set up a site with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
In case you have a shared hosting plan through our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it will take you a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted within your account via the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with each plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added this type of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will aid you with this task. If you have created an Internet site via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, such as Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of clicks in your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every semi-dedicated plan which we provide, is very easy to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to select the domain address or subdomain you need, choose the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then enter the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite simple and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within several hours it'll propagate worldwide. If you are not sure what you need to do, we've prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located in that very same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for help at any moment.