If you'd like to point a domain address that you have to a different domain or subdomain, one way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's redirected to. That way, if you use a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be pointed to the site which you have created, but it will also be displayed in the web browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all the visitors from various subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain since such a record set up for the main domain makes it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Hosting

If you have a hosting plan from our company and you would like to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted inside your account through the Hepsia Control Panel offered with every single plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, that will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. In case you have never added this type of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have created an Internet site via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different company, for example Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks within your CP.