If you wish to forward a domain that you have to some other domain address or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it's forwarded to. By doing this, if you are using a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be forwarded to the site that you've created, but it will also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain since this type of a record set up for the main domain makes it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every website hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted in the account with several mouse clicks. If you aren't absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that's available in the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, although it is unlikely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you're forwarding to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control of your domains and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this kind of records with ease.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
You'll be able to set up, modify and delete CNAME records really easy with any one 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 every domain address or subdomain that you have added in your account. To create a new record, you have to choose the hostname that will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), enter where it is going to be forwarded to, select the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be ready. Even when you have never used a web hosting service before, our Control Panel is quite easy to use, so you will not have any issues. We also have a short video and a detailed help article regarding how to set up a CNAME record, both of which could be found in the same section of Hepsia. With this feature, you could easily use a domain name hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a site created somewhere else, create a custom webmail login address with any of your domain addresses, and more.