Setting up a CNAME record for any of the domains or subdomains you've got within a hosting account will permit you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain address it's being pointed to. In this light, you simply can't create a CNAME record to point your domain name to a third-party provider and retain a working email service with the first hosting provider. It's also important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number because it is generally confused with the A record of the domain address being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain name which you own through one provider to the servers of some other company when you have set up an Internet site with the latter. By doing this, the website will appear under your own domain address, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

The Hepsia hosting CP, which we offer with each and every cloud web hosting, will enable you to set up CNAME records for any domain or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you're not absolutely sure how to go about it, you can check the video tutorial that is available inside the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, although it is unlikely that you will experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you're pointing to, and save the modification. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control of your domain names and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up this kind of records easily.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

You will be able to create, change and delete CNAME records easily with any of our semi-dedicated server plans. The accounts are managed from the custom Hepsia hosting Control Panel, and in one of its sections you'll see all records for every domain or subdomain that you've added in your account. To set up a new record, you only need to choose the hostname which will be forwarded (domain/subdomain), input where it will be forwarded to, pick the record type, that'll be CNAME in this case, and you are going to be ready. Even when you haven't used a web hosting service before, our CP is quite easy to use, so you'll not have any difficulties. We also have a short video and an in-depth help article on how to set up a CNAME record, both of which are located in the same section of Hepsia. With this function, you could easily use a domain hosted on our groundbreaking cloud hosting platform for a site created somewhere else, set up a custom webmail login address with any of your domains, plus much more.