There are many ways to point a domain to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you have set up a site using some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party provider. It is important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop working, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and working email addresses with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and in some cases additional configuration may be necessary with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting
If you have a cloud hosting plan from our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it'll take you only a few mouse clicks to get it done. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted inside your account through the Hepsia CP that comes with every single plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type, which is CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added such a record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll aid you with this task. If you have created a website using another company, 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, like Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks in your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it takes no more than a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed via our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will see a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type in where the latter is going to 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 simple and easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any difficulties, you can go through our detailed help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or just contact us for assistance.