Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains you have in a hosting account will allow you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain name it is being pointed to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to forward your domain name to a third-party provider and maintain a working e-mail service with the first hosting provider. It is also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is generally 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 that you own through one company to the servers of another provider in case you have created a website with the latter. That way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every Linux shared hosting package, will allow you to create CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with just a few clicks. If you are not sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that's available within the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely you'll experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domain names and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up this kind of records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

You are going to be able to create, edit and delete CNAME records really easy with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed via the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for any domain or subdomain which you have added in your account. To create a new record, you simply have to select the hostname that'll be forwarded (domain/subdomain), type in where it will be forwarded to, choose the record type, that will be CNAME in this case, and you're going to be all set. In case you haven't used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is quite easy to use, so you will not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and a detailed help article regarding how to create a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the exact same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you could easily use a domain hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a website created someplace else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and much more.