Solved Install latest version Joomla and Kunena and problems

Late last month I tried to install Joomla and Kunena latest versions and just could never get the forum to work correctly. All links to any forum page always went to 404.
I deleted the entire Joomla as well as Kunena and have started over. I've set the SEO reccomendations and changed file name to .htaccess as Joomla requires. I have followed everything about the Kunena install and again, all broken links outside of home page.
What may be important to note is that I am trying to use the forum home page as the site home page. So no website/forum/'m after.
Any recommendations on why all links off kunena home page are 404? Between the modules, menu's, etc., I am missing something. I was hoping to simply install the sample data forum and start modifying text to my own, no such luck.

Did you follow these steps? docs.kunena.org/en/basics/installation/installation-k6-0

yes, I did. May not be exactly in that order, , I think I installed sample data first.

This is all installed on a sub-domain, may matter.

This is a brand new site, there is nothing sensitive about my install. Maybe I could give an expert login to poke around and get it working, or find out why it is not working?

Home page of sub-domain is the forum, which I want, any page outside of home is broken 404.

You can give me backend access, use the padlock symbol in the editor for this info, then only you and we moderators can see it.
But crate a full backup first.
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Login below. There is nothing to backup except an install. So if it requires a new install I would delete the old. Thank you

I forgot to tell you that you are not allowed to paste a URL yet. Use asterisks in between like www*address* com