Setting up a CNAME record for each of the domains or subdomains that you have in a hosting account will allow you to direct it to a different domain/subdomain. The forwarded domain will lose all of its records - A, MX and so forth, and will take the records of the domain name it is being directed to. In this light, you simply can't set up a CNAME record to point your domain name to a third-party company and keep a working email service with the first hosting company. Also, it is important to note that a CNAME record is always a string of words rather than a number because it is regularly confused with the A record of the domain name being redirected. One of the primary uses of a CNAME record is to point a domain that you own through one provider to the servers of some other provider assuming you have set up a website with the latter. By doing this, the Internet site will appear under your own domain name, not under some subdomain provided by the third-party provider.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
You can effortlessly create CNAME records if you have a shared hosting plan with our company. We'll provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you could see all DNS records for the domain names and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Creating a CNAME record includes a few easy steps - select the domain/subdomain, pick CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, and then just click the Save button. The process is as basic as that and the new record is going to be active almost instantly. That way, you will have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you can set up a private URL for company emails, and a lot more. If you feel uncertain about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find there's a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you want to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll require literally just a mouse click to get it done.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you wish to set up a CNAME record, it requires no more than a couple of mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are managed through our in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will discover a section committed to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted inside the account. To set up a CNAME record, you'll simply have to pick the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter is going to be redirected to and save the change. The new record is going to be active almost right away in our system and will propagate worldwide within a couple of hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record in the account is just as easy and takes a click. In the event you experience any problems, you can go through our comprehensive help article, see the short video on the topic that we have added in the CP, or just contact us for assistance.