Creating a CNAME record for any of the domain addresses or subdomains you've got within a hosting account will permit you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX etc, and will take the records of the domain it is being directed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and maintain a functional email service with the first provider. It's also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it is often confused with the A record of the domain being forwarded. One of the major uses of a CNAME record is to forward a domain address that you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider if you have set up an Internet site with the latter. In this way, the site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records if you have a cloud web hosting from our company. We will supply you with an easy-to-use CP where you could observe all DNS records for the domains and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Creating a CNAME record requires several simple steps - choose the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are pointing to, then simply click on the Save button. The process is as basic as that and the new record will be active almost right away. In this way, you're going to have more control over your domain addresses and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company emails, plus much more. If you feel unclear about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you want to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally just a click to do it.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you wish to set up 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 Control Panel in which you will discover a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you'll simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input 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 a few hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally simple and takes a click. In case you experience any issues, you can go through our in-depth help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or simply contact us for assistance.