There are many ways to direct a domain name to an alternative domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you have created a site through some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you'll achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party company. It is very important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop functioning, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one company and functioning e-mail address with another. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently more configuration may be required with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every Linux hosting package, will allow you to set up CNAME records for every domain or subdomain hosted inside the account with several clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial available within the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, though it is not likely that you will experience any troubles as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname that you're forwarding to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domain names and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow individuals with no previous experience to create such records effortlessly.