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 its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it's being directed to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to forward your domain name to a third-party company and retain 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 generally mistaken for the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name you own through one provider to the servers of some other company when you have created a website with the latter. That way, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a Linux shared plan with our company. We are going to supply you with an easy-to-use CP that enables you to view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted inside the account. Creating a CNAME record involves a number of easy steps - select the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, and then simply click on the Save button. The process is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. That way, you'll have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to create a private URL for company emails, and a lot more. If you feel unsure about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally just a click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, allows you to set up a CNAME record without difficulty. Whether you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to redirect a domain name to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain to another company and use some third-party service which they provide, it won't require more than 3 mouse clicks to create such a record. All DNS records for the domains and subdomains hosted in the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you're there, all you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to set up and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then type in the actual record text. For your benefit, you can see a short video within the CP regarding how to set up a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.