If you want to point a domain address that you have to some other domain or subdomain, a good way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain address being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain name it's pointed to. That way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain and not only will it be directed to the site which you have created, but it'll also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all of the targeted traffic from various subdomains to their main domain address, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain because such a record set up for the main domain makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

In case you have a cloud hosting plan from our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it will take you a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain addresses and subdomains hosted inside your account via the Hepsia Control Panel included with each and every plan and adding a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which will be CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the modification. If you have never added this sort of record before, you will discover a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will aid you with this task. If you have built a site through another provider, 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, like Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a couple of mouse clicks in your Control Panel.