Creating a CNAME record for any one of the domains or subdomains you have in the hosting account allows you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it is being directed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to forward your domain to a third-party company and keep a working email service with the first hosting provider. Also, it is essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number as it's often mistaken for the A record of the domain name being forwarded. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain address you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider assuming you have created a site with the latter. 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 Control Panel, which we offer with each and every web hosting, will enable you to create CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with several clicks. If you're not confident how to go about it, you can check out the video tutorial that's available within the Control Panel, read the detailed Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even 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 you are forwarding to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain names and site content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this sort of records effortlessly.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it requires no more than a couple of mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will see a section committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), input where the latter is going to be pointed 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 in the account is equally easy and takes a click. In case you experience any troubles, you can go through our comprehensive help article, check out the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for assistance.