If you want to forward a domain address that you have to some other domain 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 its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain it is redirected 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 and not only will it be forwarded to the site which you have set up, but it will also appear in the browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all the 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 because such a record created for the main domain makes it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

If you have a cloud hosting plan through our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it will take you a few mouse clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted inside your account through the Hepsia CP offered with every single plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which is CNAME in this case, inputting the actual record value and saving the change. If you have never added this sort of record before, we have a Help section with a detailed video tutorial you can watch, or you can just contact us and we'll assist you with this task. If you have created a site using another company, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you would like to designate a subdomain to be used with the services of a different company, such as Google Apps, all it takes is creating a CNAME record with a few clicks within your CP.