Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains you've got in a hosting account will permit you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain it's being pointed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to redirect your domain to a third-party provider and keep a functional email service with the first hosting company. It's also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's frequently mistaken for the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address which you own through one company to the servers of another provider when you have set up a website with the latter. That way, the site will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Hosting

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every hosting, will allow you to create CNAME records for every single domain name or subdomain hosted in the account with several clicks. If you're not confident how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that is available inside the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, even though it is unlikely that you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname 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 over your domain addresses and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this kind of records with ease.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every one of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will allow you to create a CNAME record without difficulty. In case you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain name to a subdomain in the account or to forward a domain address to another company and use some third-party service that they provide, it will not require more than three clicks to set up this kind of record. All DNS records for the domain names and subdomains hosted inside the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the Control Panel, so once you're there, all you will have to do will be to pick the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch a short video within the CP regarding how to set up a CNAME record or you can follow the instructions in the help article, which is available in the DNS records section.