Creating a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains you've got within a hosting account allows you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the Internet domain it is being redirected to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party provider and retain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. It is also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's commonly confused with the A record of the Internet domain being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain address that you own through one provider to the servers of another company assuming you have set up an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Website Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we provide with each and every Linux website hosting package, allows you to create CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account with just a few clicks. If you are not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available inside the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is unlikely that you will experience any problems as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you're redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domains and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up this kind of records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Managing DNS records usually appears to be a challenging task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated hosting package which we offer, is very simple to use. If you want to create a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you will need to do will be to pick the domain address or subdomain that you need, select the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very easy and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within a couple of hours it will propagate all over the world. If you aren't sure what you should do, we've prepared an in depth help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both located in that same section of Hepsia. Naturally, you can also get in touch with us for assistance anytime.