If you'd like to forward a domain name that you have to a different domain address or subdomain, a good way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's directed to. In 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 pointed to the website that you have set up, but it will also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the visitors from various subdomains to their main Internet domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting provider by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because this type of a record set up for the main domain name renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
Creating a CNAME record through our Linux shared hosting packages is quite easy. Our in-house built Hepsia CP has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names, so you can create a new CNAME record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your account in just a few easy steps. You'll find a video tutorial inside the same section where you can see the process first-hand. This feature offers you various options - if you set up a company website on our end, for example, the employees can use their emails with the company domain name, not with the address of our mail server. If you want to create a website through a different provider that offers online web design services, you can easily forward a domain address hosted here and use it for the site. Last, but not least, if you have a web-based store and you have a billing system for http://your-domain.com and/or an SSL certificate, you could set up a CNAME record for the www subdomain and point it to the main domain address, so all your customers will be forwarded to a secure URL.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server through our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it will take just a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will find a section dedicated to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To create a CNAME record, you'll simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), type where the latter will be redirected to and save the change. The new record will be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Modifying or deleting an existing CNAME record within the account is equally easy and takes a click. In case you experience any troubles, you can go through our detailed help article, check out the short video on the subject that we have added in the CP, or you can just contact us for help.