If you wish to point a domain name that you have to a different domain address or subdomain, the best way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain address being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, etc) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain address it is forwarded to. By doing this, 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 forwarded to the site which you have created, but it'll also be displayed in the web browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the visitors from different subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your webhosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain because this type of a record set up for the main domain name makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you have a shared web hosting plan through our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it'll take you just 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 that comes with each and every plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type, which is CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added this sort of 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 aid you with this task. If you have built a site via another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different company, such as Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few clicks inside your Control Panel.