Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain names or subdomains you've got within a hosting account will allow you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain address it's being forwarded to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a working e-mail service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is often confused with the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name which you own through one provider to the servers of another provider in case you have created an Internet site with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Website Hosting
If you have a website hosting plan from our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take you just a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted inside your account via the Hepsia CP that comes with each plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type, that will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added this sort of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have built a site through another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different company, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks inside your Control Panel.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Managing DNS records usually seems a challenging task to the people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with each and every Linux semi-dedicated service which we offer, is quite easy to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all that you have to do will be to choose the domain address or subdomain you need, select the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then type in the value i.e. the domain name or subdomain you are forwarding to. The process is quite easy and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within several hours it's going to propagate around the globe. If you're not sure what you should do, we have prepared a detailed help article and a short video tutorial concerning how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located in that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for help at any time.