If you would like to point a domain name that you have to some other domain or subdomain, a good way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it is pointed to. In 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 redirected to the site which you have created, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all of the targeted traffic from various subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that such a record set up for the main domain address makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you have a shared web hosting plan through our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few mouse clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted within your account from the Hepsia CP included with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type, which will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added this sort 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 assist you with this task. If you have created an Internet site using another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, for instance Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of clicks within your CP.