There are numerous ways to direct a domain 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've set up a site using some online service which provides you with a service subdomain, you can easily link the two by creating a CNAME record for your-domain.com that redirects to subdomain.provider.com. What you are going to achieve in this way is that www.your-domain.com will be in the web browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party company. It is very important to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain address may have will stop functioning, 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 sometimes more configuration may be required with the other company.
CNAME Records in Shared Web Hosting
The Hepsia hosting CP, which we provide with each and every Linux shared web hosting package, will allow you to create CNAME records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account with only a few mouse clicks. If you are not confident how to go about it, you should check the video tutorial that's available inside the Control Panel, read the comprehensive Help article on the subject, or just simply contact us and we can assist you 24/7, though it is not likely that you'll experience any troubles as all it takes to set up a new CNAME record is to choose a domain/subdomain, type in the hostname you are pointing to, and save the modification. The new record is going to be fully active within the hour. Using CNAME records permits you to have better control over your domains and website content and our system is simple and user-friendly enough to allow people with no previous experience to set up such records easily.