There are lots of ways to point a domain 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 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're going to achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is essential to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working e-mail address with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes additional configuration may be necessary with the other company.

CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux cloud website hosting, will enable you to create CNAME records for every single domain or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that's available in the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, though it is unlikely that you'll experience any issues as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname that you're pointing to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this sort of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You are going to be able to create, modify and delete CNAME records easily with any one of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed through the custom Hepsia hosting CP, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for every domain or subdomain that you have added in your account. To set up a new record, you just have to select the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type in where it is going to be forwarded to, choose the record type, which will be CNAME in this case, and you'll be ready. Even if you have never used a web hosting service before, our CP is quite intuitive to use, so you'll not have any issues. We also have a short video and a detailed help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which can be found in the same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you can easily use a domain address hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a website created somewhere else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain names, plus much more.