Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will enable you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it's being redirected to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party company and retain a functional email service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is often wrongly identified as the A record of the domain being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain name which you own through one company to the servers of another provider if you have created a website with the latter. This way, the Internet 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 we provide with each and every hosting, will permit you to create CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account with several clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available within the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely that you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname that you're redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to create this kind of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it takes just a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed via our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will see a section committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter will be pointed 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. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally simple and easy and takes a click. In case you experience any problems, you can go through our comprehensive help article, see the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can simply contact us for assistance.