There are many ways to redirect a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you have created a site using some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party provider. You should know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop functioning, so you cannot 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 frequently additional configuration may be necessary with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records provided you have a cloud hosting from our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel that enables you to view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a number of basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, and then simply click on the Save button. The procedure is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. This way, you'll have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you could set up a private URL for company emails, and much more. If you feel unclear about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally just a mouse click to get it done.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it requires just a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will discover a section committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter is going to be directed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally easy and takes a click. In case you experience any problems, you can go through our in-depth help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or simply contact us for help.