If you would like to forward a domain address that you have to another domain or subdomain, the best way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is directed to. By doing this, if you use a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be forwarded to the website you have created, but it'll also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all of the targeted traffic from various subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this kind of a record created for the main domain address renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting
You can effortlessly set up CNAME records provided you have a Linux shared web hosting package from our company. We'll supply you with an easy-to-use CP where you can observe all DNS records for the domains and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a number of basic steps - pick the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are pointing to, after that 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. This way, you will have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create 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 take you literally just a click to get it done.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will permit you to create a CNAME record effortlessly. If you want to create a private URL for your emails, to forward a domain name to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it will not take you more than three mouse clicks to create this type of record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account will be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so when you're there, all you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch a short video within the CP about how to set up a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.