Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domains or subdomains that you have in a hosting account allows you to forward it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded Internet domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it's being directed to. In this light, you cannot create a CNAME record to point your domain name to a third-party company and maintain a working e-mail service with the first hosting provider. It is also very important to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it's frequently wrongly identified as the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the main uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain name that you own through one company to the servers of some other company assuming you have set up a website with the latter. In this way, the site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records provided you have a Linux cloud web hosting from our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP which allows you to view all DNS records for the domains and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires several easy steps - pick the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are pointing to, after that simply click the Save button. The process is as elementary as that and the new record is going to be active almost immediately. In this way, you're going to have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you can create a private URL for company emails, and much more. If you feel unsure about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally just a mouse click to make it happen.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take no more than a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will discover a section committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the account. To set up a CNAME record, you'll simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter is going to be pointed to and save the change. The new record will be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is equally easy and takes a click. In case you experience any problems, you can go through our comprehensive help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can simply contact us for help.