If you want to forward a domain address that you have to a different domain address or subdomain, one of the ways to do this would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, and so forth) and instead, it takes the A record of the domain address 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 and not only will it be pointed to the site that you've created, but it'll also be displayed in the browser address bar at all times. Alternative possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all the visitors from various subdomains to their main domain, or to use the webmail service of your hosting company by using webmail.your-doman.com, for example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain due to the fact that this kind of a record set up for the main domain name renders it impossible to use email addresses.

CNAME Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you have a cloud web hosting plan from our company and you wish to create a CNAME record, it'll take you just a few clicks to do it. You can access the DNS records for all domains and subdomains hosted within your account from the Hepsia CP that comes with every single plan and adding a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type, which will be CNAME in this case, typing the actual record value and saving the modification. If you've never added this type of record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial that you can watch, or you can just contact us and we'll help you with this task. If you have created a website using 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 provider, for example Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a couple of clicks within your Control Panel.