There are several ways to redirect a domain name to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you have created a site through some on-line service which supplies you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve by doing this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and working e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases more configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
You can easily create CNAME records in case you have a cloud hosting plan through our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to observe all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires several easy steps - choose the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, after that simply click on the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. This way, you're going to have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company e-mails, plus much more. If you feel unclear about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally simply a mouse click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it requires no more than a couple of mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will see a section devoted to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter will be directed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record within the account is just as easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any troubles, you can go through our comprehensive help article, see the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can simply contact us for help.