There are various ways to redirect a domain address to a different domain or subdomain and one of them is by setting up a CNAME record. When you own a domain name and you have developed a website using some on-line service that provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by setting up a CNAME record for your-domain.com that directs to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve with this is that www.your-domain.com will be in the browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party provider. It is important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record directing to one provider and functioning e-mail address with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and often more configuration may be needed with the other provider.

CNAME Records in Cloud Hosting

You can effortlessly set up CNAME records in case you have a cloud hosting plan through our company. We will provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you could see all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Setting up a CNAME record requires several simple steps - pick 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 procedure is as easy as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. That way, you'll have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you'll be able to set up a private URL for company e-mails, and a lot more. If you feel unclear about how to set up a new record or you have never done such a task, you will find a short video tutorial where you could see the whole process first-hand. If you choose to modify or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally only a click to make it happen.