There are lots of ways to point a domain address to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain and you've set up a website using some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is very important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and working e-mail address with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases more configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Web Hosting
You can easily set up CNAME records if you have a Linux web hosting from our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you could view all DNS records for the domains and subdomains which are hosted within the account. Creating a CNAME record requires a number of simple steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, then simply click on the Save button. The process is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. This way, you are going to have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you can set up a private URL for company e-mails, and more. If you feel unclear about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally simply a mouse click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will require no more than a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will discover a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted within the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter will be directed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is just as easy and takes a click. If you experience any issues, you can go through our comprehensive help article, check out the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or just contact us for assistance.