Creating a CNAME record for each of the domain addresses or subdomains that you have within a hosting account allows you to point it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain address will lose all of its records - A, MX and so on, and will take the records of the domain address it is being forwarded to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to direct your domain to a third-party provider and retain a working email service with the first provider. It is also essential to know that a CNAME record is always a string of words and never a number because it is generally wrongly identified as the A record of the domain address being forwarded. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to direct a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of some other company assuming you have set up a site with the latter. In this way, the website will appear under your own domain, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party company.
CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting
In case you have a shared web hosting plan through our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it will take you a few clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted within your account from the Hepsia Control Panel offered with every single plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you've never added such a record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can simply contact us and we will assist you with this task. If you have set up an Internet site through 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 instance Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks inside your CP.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server with our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it takes no more than a couple of mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed using our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will discover a section committed to the DNS records of the domain names and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you will only have to choose the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type where the latter will be pointed to and save the modification. The new record is going to be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is equally simple and easy and takes a click. In case you experience any troubles, you can go through our in-depth help article, watch the short video on the subject that we have added in the Control Panel, or just contact us for help.