There are lots of ways to redirect a domain name to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've set up a website using some online service which provides 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 will be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and functioning 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 Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every Linux cloud web hosting, allows you to create CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with several mouse clicks. If you aren't sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available within the CP, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, although it is not likely that you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control of your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this kind of records effortlessly.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Managing DNS records usually appears to be a tough task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated hosting which we provide, is extremely simple to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will have to do will be to choose the domain or subdomain that you need, choose the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then type in the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is very simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the CP. Within the hour the new record will be completely active and within a few hours it's going to propagate around the globe. If you aren't sure what you have to do, we have prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located within that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for assistance whenever you want.