Setting up a CNAME record for any one of the domain names or subdomains that you have within a hosting account allows you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain name will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain address it's being redirected to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party company and maintain a working email service with the first hosting provider. It is also important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words and not a number as it is commonly confused with the A record of the Internet domain being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain address you own through one company to the servers of another company assuming you have set up a site with the latter. This way, the Internet site will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting
Creating a CNAME record using our cloud website hosting is very simple. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names, so you can set up a new CNAME record for any domain or subdomain hosted within your account in just a few simple steps. You can find a video tutorial within the same section where you can see the process first-hand. This feature will give you various options - if you create a company site on our end, for instance, the employees can use their emails with the company domain name, not with the address of our mail server. If you wish to set up a website using a different company which offers online web design services, you can easily redirect a domain name hosted here and use it for the website. Last, but not least, if you have a web-based store and you have a billing system for http://your-domain.com and/or an SSL certificate, you'll be able to create a CNAME record for the www subdomain and forward it to the main domain name, so all your customers are going to be forwarded to a secure URL.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you would like to set up a CNAME record, it will take just a few clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP where you will find 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 only have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter is going to be pointed to and save the modification. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within several hours. Changing 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 CP, or you can simply contact us for assistance.