Need a multi-author site, where each author has their own custom pages

Hey guys. I’m looking to create a community website with multiple authors (10 or more). I know how to add multiple authors to a wordpress site, but it feels like they limited, and I don’t know how to make it so they can personalize their part of the site.

I’ll try to be as detailed and non-confusing as possible. But to sum it up, I’d like to make it where each has their own virtual WordPress site (custom headers, categories, sub directories, widgets, etc.), without disconnecting them or the readers from the primary site.

Here’s an example of what I mean: https://www.patheos.com/blogs/nakedpastor/

I’m not sure if they are using wordpress, but I’d like to pull something like that off.

The site functions as a blog / news / community site.

That author is one of a couple hundred, yet, his profile looks like his own (personalized header, widgets, navigation bar). It doesn’t feel like he is piggybacking the main site, but it still feels like he’s a part of it.

I want to to create a multi-author site that will have news, blogs, etc., but where the author can make their blog area / profile feel like their own. They can use their own widgets, advertise their books, other websites, etc. (like the example site).

With the amount of plugins that exist, I’m sure this is easy to do. I just don’t know where to start, or how to pull it off.

Hope this wasn’t too confusing. Any questions, please ask!

Thanks for any help you can offer! ??