If you'd like to point a domain that you have to some other domain address or subdomain, one way to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being forwarded loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is pointed to. By doing this, if you are using a web design service by some provider that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be redirected to the Internet site that you have created, but it will also appear in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all the traffic from various subdomains to their main domain name, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by creating a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this kind of a record set up for the main domain renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Web Hosting

You can easily set up CNAME records provided you have a web hosting plan from our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use Control Panel where you can observe all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires a few simple steps - choose the domain/subdomain, select CNAME as the type, enter the hostname you are redirecting to, then simply click on the Save button. The procedure is as elementary as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. That way, you are going to 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 more. If you feel uncertain about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, we have a short video tutorial in which you can see the whole process first-hand. If you want to edit or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it will take you literally simply a mouse click to make it happen.