If you wish to direct a domain that you have to a different domain name or subdomain, a good way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being pointed loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's redirected to. This way, if you are using a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be redirected to the site you have created, but it will also appear in the web browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to forward all of the targeted traffic from various 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 creating a CNAME record for a subdomain because such a record created for the main domain name makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

If you have a web hosting plan from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it'll take you a few clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted within your account from the Hepsia Control Panel offered with each plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've never added such a record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will assist you with this task. If you have built a website using another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different provider, such as Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks in your Control Panel.