If you want to forward a domain address that you have to a different domain name or subdomain, a good way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain being redirected loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is forwarded to. This way, if you use 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 site that you've set up, but it'll also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Other possible uses of a CNAME record are to direct all the traffic from different subdomains to their main Internet 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 simply because this type of a record created for the main domain name renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Managing DNS records usually seems a hard task to people with less experience, but the Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with every single semi-dedicated hosting plan which we offer, is very simple to use. If you would like to set up a CNAME record for any purpose, all you will have to do will be to select the domain or subdomain that you need, select the type of record, which will be CNAME in this case, then input the value i.e. the domain or subdomain you are forwarding to. The procedure is quite simple and you can create the record in the DNS Records section of the Control Panel. Within the hour the new record will be 100 % active and within a couple of hours it will propagate worldwide. If you are not sure what you should do, we've prepared a comprehensive help article and a short video tutorial regarding how to go about creating a CNAME record and they are both located in that same section of Hepsia. Needless to say, you can also get in touch with us for assistance at any moment.