There are several ways to redirect a domain to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you've created a site 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 as a result is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and working email addresses with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes further configuration may be needed with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we offer with each and every Linux shared hosting, allows you to set up CNAME records for any domain address or subdomain hosted within the account with several mouse clicks. If you are not sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available inside the Control Panel, read the in depth Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we can help you 24/7, even though it is not likely you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select 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 over your domains and website content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to create this sort of records effortlessly.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with each of our semi-dedicated server accounts, will allow you to set up a CNAME record easily. When you want to create a private URL for your e-mails, to forward a domain name to a subdomain inside the account or to forward a domain to another provider and use some third-party service that they provide, it's not going to take you more than 3 clicks to set up this sort of record. All DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains hosted within the semi-dedicated account are going to be listed in a separate section in the CP, so when you are there, all that you will have to do will be to choose the type of the record that you want to create and the hostname for which you are creating it, and then input the actual record text. For your convenience, you can watch a short video inside the Control Panel concerning how to create a CNAME record or you can refer to the instructions in the help article, that is available in the DNS records section.