If you wish to forward a domain that you have to another domain or subdomain, one way to do that would be to use a CNAME record. By creating such a record, the domain name being forwarded loses all its records (A, MX, and so on) and instead, it takes the A record of the Internet domain it is directed to. In this way, if you use a web design service by some company that gives you a subdomain, you can use an actual domain name and not only will it be forwarded to the website that 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 direct all the traffic 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 example. The latter will work only by setting up a CNAME record for a subdomain because this kind of a record set up for the main domain name makes it impossible to use email addresses.
CNAME Records in Cloud Website Hosting
In case you have a cloud website hosting plan through our company and you want to set up a CNAME record, it will take you only a few mouse clicks to make it happen. You can access the DNS records for all domain names and subdomains hosted in your account via the Hepsia CP that comes with each and every plan and adding a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type, which will be CNAME in this case, entering the actual record value and saving the modification. If you have never added such a record before, you will find a Help section with a detailed video tutorial which you can watch, or you can just contact us and we will assist you with this task. If you have created an Internet site using another provider, you want to use a private URL for your webmail or you want to designate a subdomain for use with the services of a different company, for example Google Apps, all it takes is setting up a CNAME record with a few clicks in your Control Panel.