There are numerous ways to direct a domain to another domain or subdomain and one of them is by creating a CNAME record. In case you own a domain name and you have developed a site using some on-line service which provides you with a service subdomain, you could easily link the two by setting up 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 is going to be in the Internet browser address bar while it opens the already mentioned website from the servers of the third-party provider. It is essential to know that if you set up a CNAME record, any other records your domain name may have will stop working, so you cannot have both a CNAME record pointing to one company and functioning email addresses with a different one. The CNAME record is always an alpha string, not a number, and often further configuration may be needed with the other provider.
CNAME Records in Shared Hosting
You can effortlessly set up CNAME records if you have a Linux shared hosting package through our company. We are going to provide you with an easy-to-use CP where you can view all DNS records for the domain addresses and subdomains which are hosted in the account. Creating a CNAME record includes several basic steps - choose the domain/subdomain, choose CNAME as the type, type in the hostname you are redirecting to, then just click on the Save button. The process is as elementary as that and the new record will be active almost immediately. That way, you will have more control over your domain names and subdomains and over the content they open, you could create a private URL for company emails, plus much more. If you feel unsure about how to create 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 change or delete an existing CNAME record created for a domain/subdomain hosted on our end, it'll take you literally simply a mouse click to get it done.