There are numerous ways to redirect a domain to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. If you own a domain name and you've set up a website through some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party company. You should know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain 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 sometimes further configuration may be necessary with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records in case you have a Linux hosting package with our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel that enables you to observe all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record involves a few basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are pointing to, then just click on the Save button. The process is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost instantly. In this way, you will have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you could set up a private URL for company e-mails, and a lot 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 can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally only a mouse click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it will take just a couple of clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled using our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will find a section devoted to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter is going to be forwarded to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally simple and easy and takes a click. If you experience any issues, you can go through our in-depth help article, see the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.