If you wish to forward a domain address that you have to a different domain address or subdomain, a good way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain name being redirected loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is redirected to. That way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be pointed to the website which you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all the traffic from various subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain since this kind of a record created for the main domain address makes it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
If you have a shared hosting plan from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it will take you only a few mouse clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted within your account through the Hepsia Control Panel that comes with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. If you have never added this type of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have created an Internet site via another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you wish to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, for example Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few clicks in your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it takes no more than a couple of mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will find a section committed to the DNS records of the domain addresses and subdomains hosted in the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), key in where the latter is going to be redirected 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. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is just as simple and takes a click. If you experience any problems, you can go through our detailed help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or just contact us for assistance.