Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domains or subdomains that you've got within a hosting account will allow you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it's being pointed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to forward your domain name to a third-party provider and keep a functional email service with the first provider. It's also important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it is regularly mistaken for the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name which you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider if you have created an Internet 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 Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records if you have a shared hosting with our company. We're going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP which allows you to see all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record includes a number of basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, and then just click the Save button. The process is as easy as that and the new record is going to be active almost right away. That way, you will have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company e-mails, and more. If you feel uncertain about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a mouse click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You're going to be able to set up, edit and delete CNAME records very easy with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed via the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you will see all records for any domain name or subdomain which you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you only have to pick the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type where it will be forwarded to, select the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you will be all set. In case you have never used a web hosting service before, our CP is extremely easy to use, so you will not have any troubles. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to create a CNAME record, both of which are available in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this function, you could easily use a domain address hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a site created somewhere else, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.