Creating a CNAME record for each of the domain names or subdomains that you have in the hosting account will allow 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 it is being redirected to. In this light, you cannot set up a CNAME record to forward your domain name to a third-party provider and keep a working email service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it is generally confused with the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain address that you own through one company to the servers of another provider if you have created a site with the latter. This way, the website will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
In case you have a shared hosting plan from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will take you just a few clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted in your account from the Hepsia Control Panel included with each plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the modification. In case you have never added this kind of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we'll assist you with this task. If you have set up an Internet site via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want 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 couple of mouse clicks inside your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it takes no more than a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed via our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will discover a section committed to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter will be pointed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is equally easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any problems, you can go through our in-depth help article, see the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can just contact us for help.