There are numerous ways to point a domain address to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you've set up a website using some online service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that points to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one company and functioning email addresses with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently more configuration may be required with the other company.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every Linux shared hosting, will enable you to set up CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available inside the CP, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, although it is unlikely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain names and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up this sort of records with ease.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every single one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to create a CNAME record without difficulty. Whether you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain name to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain address to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it won't take you more than 3 mouse clicks to create this sort of record. All DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the CP, so once you're there, all you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then type in the actual record text. For your benefit, you can watch a short video within the CP regarding how to set up a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.