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I am on skeleton component v1.1 and not v1.2.

Just to make sure, you do realize that we are talking about themes and not plugins here?

You are talking about the Skeleton Component for developing a custom plugin, not designing a custom theme. For a custom theme, you would want to use the Skeleton Theme.

Assuming that we are on the same page, then yes, there are significant differences between version 1.1 and version 1.2 of the Skeleton Component. You need to use the newest version. See the changes here: https://codex.buddypress.org/how-to-guides/creating-a-custom-buddypress-component/