There are numerous ways to direct 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 set up a website using some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party company. It is very important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working email addresses with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently further configuration may be required with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records if you have a Linux shared hosting through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel that enables you to see all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record includes several easy steps - choose the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, then just click the Save button. The process is as basic as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. This way, you will have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you could set up a private URL for company e-mails, and 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 simply a click to make it happen.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will require no more than a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will discover a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter is going to be pointed to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as simple and easy and takes a click. If you experience any issues, you can go through our in-depth help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or just contact us for assistance.