If you would like to point a domain name that you have to a different domain or subdomain, one of the ways to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is forwarded to. This way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be directed to the website which you have created, but it will also appear in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to point all of the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain address, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain since this type of a record set up for the main domain name makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Web Hosting
Setting up a CNAME record with our Linux web hosting services is really easy. Our in-house built Hepsia CP features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses, so you can create a new CNAME record for any domain or subdomain hosted within your account in a couple of simple steps. You'll find a video tutorial within the same section in which you can see the process first-hand. This feature gives you various possibilities - if you set up a company site on our end, for example, the employees can use their e-mails with the company domain, not with the address of our mail server. If you decide to create an Internet site by using a different company which offers online web design services, you can easily forward a domain address hosted here and use it for the site. Last, but not least, if you have an online store and you have a billing system for http://your-domain.com and/or an SSL certificate, you can create a CNAME record for the www subdomain and redirect it to the main domain address, so all your clients will be forwarded to a secure URL.
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 takes only a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will see a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type 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 a few hours. Changing 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 detailed help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for assistance.