There are numerous ways to direct a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain and you have set up a website using some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve by doing this is that www.your-domain.com is going to be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned Internet site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is important to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop functioning, so you can't have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and working e-mail address with another one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and frequently further configuration may be necessary with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which our company offers with each and every Linux website hosting, will allow you to set up CNAME records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you are not confident how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial available in the CP, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or you can simply contact us and we will help you 24/7, even though it is not likely that you will experience any problems as all it takes to create a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, enter the hostname you are forwarding to, and save the change. The new record will be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control of your domain addresses and site content and our system is simple and intuitive enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up such records with ease.