Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have in a hosting account will allow you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain name it's being forwarded to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to point your domain name to a third-party provider and keep a working e-mail service with the first provider. Also, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is generally 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 which you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider when you have set up a website with the latter. By doing this, the Internet site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every shared web hosting plan, will permit you to set up CNAME records for every single domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with just a few clicks. If you are not sure how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available within the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, although it is not likely you'll experience any difficulties as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, input the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this kind of records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every single one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will enable you to create a CNAME record without difficulty. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to redirect a domain name to a subdomain within the account or to forward a domain to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it will not take you more than three clicks to create this sort 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 once you are there, all that you will have to do will be to pick 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 see a short video in the Control Panel on how to create a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.