Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domains or subdomains you have in the hosting account allows you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it's being forwarded to. In this light, you can't create a CNAME record to redirect your domain name to a third-party company and maintain a functional email service with the first provider. Additionally, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number as it's commonly wrongly identified as the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address that you own through one provider to the servers of another provider if you have created an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which our company offers with each and every Linux web hosting, will allow you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you are not certain how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available inside the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, though it is not likely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you are pointing to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records allows you to have better control of your domain names and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to set up this sort of records with ease.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server from 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 handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will find a section committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you will simply have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter will be pointed to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside 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, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or just contact us for help.