There are many ways to redirect a domain address to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you have developed a site using some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. You should know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing 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 Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every Linux shared hosting service, allows you to create CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you aren't sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available inside the Control Panel, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is unlikely you'll experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, input the hostname that you're forwarding 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 of your domain names and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this kind of records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will require only a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will see a section committed to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted within the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter is going to be forwarded to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as easy and takes a click. In case you experience any issues, you can go through our detailed help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.