Close, but no cigar...htaccess

[nookle]

Howdy. I figure I am close with my .htaccess file...

 

Here is the rule:

RewriteRule ^profiles/([a-z0-9_-]+)/?$(.*) http://domain.com/index.php?page=public&section=profiles&folder=$1 [NC,L]

 

When I enter domain.com/profiles/name/ or domain.com/profiles/name into the browser bar, either one is successfully redirected to domain.com/index.php?page=public&section=profiles&folder=name

 

However, the browser bar shows the full redirected URL path rather than just the originally entered URL. How do I prevent the browser from showing the full URL path?

 

I've also tried this rule:

RewriteRule ^profiles/([a-z0-9_-]+)/?$(.*) index.php?page=public&section=profiles&folder=$1 [NC,L]

 

When I enter domain.com/profiles/name/ or domain.com/profiles/name into the browser bar, the browser URL's do not change (yes!), but the server, in both cases, redirects to domain.com/profiles/index.php?page=public&section=profiles&folder=name, which doesn't display the pages correctly.

 

I've got to be close, right? Is there something else I must do to get the redirected URL to look back to the root directory rather than the relative path?