There are lots of ways to redirect a domain to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you have developed a site using some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party company. You should know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and functioning email addresses with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and often more configuration may be needed with the other company.
CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you have a shared web hosting plan from our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it'll take you only a few clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account through the Hepsia CP offered with every single plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added such a record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have built a site using another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, such as Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks inside your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take no more than a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will discover a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted within the account. To create a CNAME record, you will only have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter will be redirected to and save the modification. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally simple and easy and takes a click. If you experience any problems, you can go through our detailed help article, watch the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can just contact us for assistance.