If you wish to forward a domain address that you have to a different domain or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain address it is forwarded to. That way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be pointed to the Internet site you have created, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all the targeted traffic from different subdomains to their main domain address, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because this type of a record set up for the main domain makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting
In case you have a cloud web hosting plan through our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you only a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted in your account via the Hepsia Control Panel offered with each plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type, that will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added this sort of 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 aid you with this task. If you have set up a website via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different provider, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to set up a CNAME record effortlessly. Whether you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain address to another company and use some third-party service that they provide, it's not going to require more than three mouse clicks to create such a record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted within 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 input the actual record text. For your benefit, you can watch a short video within the CP on how to set up a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that's available in the DNS records section.