There are various ways to redirect a domain name to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you've set up a site using some on-line service which supplies 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 will be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party company. It is important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one company and functioning e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases more configuration may be necessary with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records in case you have a cloud hosting with our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to observe all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted within the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires several basic steps - select the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, and then just click the Save button. The process is as easy as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. This way, you're going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you could set up a private URL for company emails, and a lot more. If you feel uncertain about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally simply a click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it requires no more than a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will see a section devoted to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will simply have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type where the latter is going to be redirected to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally simple and takes a click. In case you experience any difficulties, you can go through our in-depth help article, watch the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or just contact us for help.