There are several ways to redirect a domain address to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. If you own a domain and you've created a site using some on-line service which supplies you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party provider. You should know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working email addresses with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes more configuration may be required with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records if you have a cloud website hosting service from our company. We'll supply you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you can observe all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains that are hosted within the account. Setting up a CNAME record includes several basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, and then just click on 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're going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you can set up a private URL for company emails, and more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally simply a click to do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it requires no more than a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will find a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you will simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter is going to be directed to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as simple and takes a click. If you experience any difficulties, you can go through our in-depth help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for assistance.