@mercime I’m trying to keep it within the same theme of the rest of the website, so I just want it to be in a subdirectory folder. I initially thought the problem was I needed a multisite, but then I would need to install a new theme and have new settings right?
For my subdirectory I created the /community page and I just wanted the buddypress and bbpress plugin to consider this the home page. Then everything else would be created underneath it, like /community/members, /community/forums/forum etc. It’s a business website so I need product pages off the root, keeping the forum contained to one portion of the site.