If you would like to point a domain that you have to some other domain or subdomain, the best way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, and so forth) 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 redirected to the site you have set up, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the targeted traffic from different subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for instance. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that 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
Setting up a CNAME record with our Linux shared hosting is really easy. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses, so you can create a new CNAME record for any domain or subdomain hosted inside your account in a couple of basic steps. You'll find a video tutorial in the same section in which you can see the process first-hand. This feature will give you a number of possibilities - if you create a company website on our end, as an illustration, the staff can use their e-mails with the company domain, not with the address of our mail server. If you wish to set up a website through a different provider which offers online web design services, you can easily forward a domain hosted here and use it for the website. Last, but not least, in case you have an on-line 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 clients are going to be forwarded to a secure URL.
CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server from our company and you want to create a CNAME record, it requires only a few mouse clicks to complete this task. The plans are handled through our in-house built Hepsia hosting CP in which you will discover a section devoted to the DNS records of the domains and subdomains hosted in the account. To create a CNAME record, you will simply have to select the record type and the hostname (domain or subdomain), enter where the latter will be directed to and save the modification. The new record is going to be active almost immediately in our system and will propagate worldwide within a few hours. Editing or deleting an existing CNAME record inside the account is just as simple and takes a click. In case you experience any issues, you can go through our in-depth help article, watch the short video on the topic that we have added in the Control Panel, or you can just contact us for assistance.