There are lots of ways to point a domain to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. If you own a domain and you've created a website through some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve as a result is that www.your-domain.com will be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned site from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you create a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one provider and functioning email addresses with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and sometimes additional configuration may be necessary with the other company.
CNAME Records in Shared Website Hosting
The Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which we provide with each and every shared website hosting, will allow you to set up CNAME records for any domain name or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few clicks. If you're not sure how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available within the Control Panel, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, although it is unlikely you'll experience any issues as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to select a domain/subdomain, input the hostname that you're redirecting to, and save the change. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records enables you to have better control over your domain names and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people who have no previous experience to set up this kind of records with ease.