If you want to direct a domain name that you have to a different domain name or subdomain, one of the ways to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By setting up such a record, the domain name being pointed loses all of its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it's redirected 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 pointed to the Internet site you have created, but it'll also be displayed in the Internet browser address bar at all times. Some other possible uses of a CNAME record are to redirect all of the visitors 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 setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain simply because this type of a record set up for the main domain renders it impossible to use e-mail addresses.

CNAME Records in Shared Hosting

You can effortlessly create CNAME records if you have a Linux shared hosting from our company. We will supply you with an easy-to-use CP where you could see all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains that are hosted inside the account. Setting up a CNAME record includes a few basic steps - select the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are forwarding to, after that simply click on the Save button. The process is as elementary as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. In this way, you'll have more control over your domains and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company e-mails, plus much more. If you feel unclear about how to create a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you can see the whole process first-hand. If you decide to change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally just a mouse click to do it.