Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains you have in the hosting account will enable you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain it is being forwarded to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to forward your domain name to a third-party company and keep a functional e-mail service with the first hosting provider. It's also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is often confused with the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain you own through one company to the servers of another company when you have created an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every Linux web hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted within the account with only a few clicks. If you are not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available inside the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to pick a domain/subdomain, type the hostname that you're redirecting to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control over your domains and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up such records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually seems to be a challenging task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting CP, which comes with every Linux semi-dedicated server we provide, is very easy to use. If you need to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you need to do will be to pick the domain name or subdomain that you need, pick the type of record, that will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain address or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is very simple and you can set up the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record is going to be 100 % active and within several hours it is going to propagate worldwide. If you're not sure what you need to do, we have prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they're both situated in that same section of Hepsia. Of course, you can also get in touch with us for help whenever you want.