Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domains or subdomains you have within a hosting account allows you to redirect it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain name it is being redirected to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a working email service with the first hosting company. Also, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it is commonly mistaken for the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain name you own through one company to the servers of another provider assuming you have set up a website with the latter. This way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which our company offers with each and every hosting, will allow you to create CNAME records for every single domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you aren't certain how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that's available inside the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, though it is unlikely that you will experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type the hostname you are redirecting to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up this kind of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it takes only a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will discover a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter is going to 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. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any difficulties, you can go through our comprehensive help article, watch the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for assistance.