There are lots of ways to point a domain name to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you've created a website through some online service which supplies you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you're going to achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one company and working email addresses with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently additional configuration may be required with the other company.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every shared plan, allows you to set up CNAME records for any domain or subdomain hosted in the account with just a few mouse clicks. If you aren't absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available in the Control Panel, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, though it is not likely that you'll experience any issues as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you're 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 with no previous experience to set up this kind of records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will take just a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled via our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will find a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter is going to be forwarded to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally easy and takes a click. In case you experience any difficulties, you can go through our detailed help article, see the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.