If you want to direct a domain address that you have to a different domain or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain address being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is pointed to. This way, if you use a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be directed to the site that you have set up, but it'll also appear in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all of the traffic from different subdomains to their main domain address, 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 because such a record set up for the main domain address renders it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

In case you have a shared hosting plan through 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 inside your account through the Hepsia Control Panel included with every single plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type, which will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've 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 will aid you with this task. If you have built an Internet site using another company, 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 provider, like Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few mouse clicks within your Control Panel.