masking subdomain - help if you can please

[dh10]

Current Situation:

1. Currently I have a rewrite cond/rule that takes www.domain.com to domain.com
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule .* http://domain.com/ [L,R=301]

2. Currently, via setup in cpanel, I have a subdomain subdomain.domain.com that correctly maps to domain.com/subdomain/

Here's what I want to do:

1. user types or clicks http://domain.com/subdomain/url.html and should see just http://subdomain/url.html in the browser. No redirect necessary.

Is my existing ReWrite rule conflicting with the masking I want? What masking code would you recommend?

Thanks much.

[richardk]

Maybe you want

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Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]

[dh10]

thanks. that looked like a lot safer way to strip the www off, and I've tested it and it works for that purpose.

However, it is not affecting how pages in the subdomain folder display. Individual pages still display with the full path off the main domain, whereas I want them to display simply as pages of the subdomain.

Do I now need to add a new .htaccess within the subdomain folder?

thanks!

[richardk]

You said you didn't want a redirect from the domain.com/subdomain to the sub domain.

Your links should reference the sub domain, not domain.com/subdomain. In the sub domain directory

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Options +FollowSymLinks

RewriteEngine On

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www\.)?domain\.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://sub.domain.com/$1 [R=301,L]