Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain addresses or subdomains you have in the hosting account allows you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the Internet domain it's being forwarded to. In this light, you can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain name to a third-party provider and retain a functional e-mail service with the first provider. Also, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is generally wrongly identified as the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain address that you own through one provider to the servers of another company in case you have created an Internet site with the latter. By doing this, the site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records in case you have a Linux shared website hosting package with our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you can observe all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves several easy steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, and then simply click on the Save button. The process is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost instantly. In this way, you'll have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company emails, plus much more. If you feel unsure about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a mouse click to get it done.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it will take no more than a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed via our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will see a section committed to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up 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 forwarded to and save the modification. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record within the account is equally easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any issues, you can go through our comprehensive help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for help.