Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains you have in the hosting account will permit you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all of its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being directed to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to point your domain name to a third-party company and retain a functional e-mail service with the first hosting company. Additionally, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is commonly confused with the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address you own through one provider to the servers of some other company if you have created an Internet site with the latter. This way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which our company offers with each and every Linux hosting, will permit you to create CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is unlikely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type 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 of your domains and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up such records effortlessly.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take just a couple of mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will find a section committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside the account. To create a CNAME record, you will simply have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter will be forwarded to and save the modification. The new record is going to be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is just as easy and takes a click. In case you experience any issues, you can go through our in-depth help article, see the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or just contact us for help.