There are lots of ways to redirect a domain name to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you have set up a site through 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 points to subdomain.provider.com. What you will achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. You should know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and working email addresses with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases additional configuration may be required with the other company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every Linux cloud package, will enable you to create CNAME records for every single domain address or subdomain hosted within the account with several clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely you'll experience any problems as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you're redirecting to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain names and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up this kind of records easily.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, allows you to set up a CNAME record easily. In case you want to create a private URL for your emails, to redirect a domain name to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain name to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it won't require more than 3 mouse clicks to set up this type of record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted within the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you're there, all that you will have to do will be to select the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then enter the actual record text. For your benefit, you can watch a short video within the Control Panel on how to create a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that's available in the DNS records section.