Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains that you've got within a hosting account will enable you to forward 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 address it's being redirected to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party provider and retain a working email 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's commonly confused with the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name which you own through one provider to the servers of another provider assuming you have created a website with the latter. By doing this, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Website Hosting
If you have a website hosting plan from our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you just a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted within your account through the Hepsia Control Panel included with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added this kind of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will help you with this task. If you have built an Internet site via another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, such as Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few clicks in your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will require only a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled via our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will see a section committed to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted within the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll simply have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter is going to be redirected to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Changing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally simple and takes a click. If you experience any issues, you can go through our comprehensive help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or just contact us for help.