Error "You must use a theme from WooThemes for this plugin in work."

I’ve just upgraded to the Woo Framework 6.2.6 and it is still working for me on my Canvas theme. I’m wondering if Storefront no longer uses – or never did use – the same Woo Framework for its back-end functionality? I’ll upgrade my Canvas theme to see if anything has changed there.

This plugin talks to the Woo Framework, which is a set of libraries that all Woo themes have in common. The error means it is not finding the framework storing its list of fonts in the normal place.

Looking into Storefront it seems that it does not use the “Woo Framework”. I suspect those files are reserved for premium themes only, while Storefront is designed to be a lot lighter – much less to configure through the admin screens, and more to do through child themes instead.

Let me mull this over this weekend and we can see how easily this plugin can be adapted to Storefront, or even other non-WooThemes themes.

See here for some notes on how to change fonts in the theme:

https://support.woothemes.com/hc/en-us/articles/203105907-How-do-I-change-the-fonts-in-my-theme-

Basically, use the admin screens (which links to the Woo Framework) or do it in CSS (which is low-level manual work – no settings pages for that and so nothing this plugin can do to inject additional fonts into non-existent theme settings pages).

So where in Storefront are you seeing drop-down lists of fonts, if at all?

Hello Jason, thanks for your response and looking into this.

I have the list of Google fonts (733) on the plugin’s Main Settings page but no drop-down lists for fonts, or Woo Theme admin pages apart from the storefront information page. I think what you are saying about only working on a premium theme may be the issue. I can’t see an admin screen that links to the Woo Framework, and may need to adjust the fonts in CSS, as you say.

I can try with a child theme to see if it works with that, through for now I’m happy with the look and ability of the Storefront theme. Down the track I will look at purchasing a premium theme.

Cheers,
Aeve

I’ll close this now. It won’t work with Storefront, because that plugin does not use the “woo framework” so there is little that can be done about it. Storefront has its own way to add custom fonts.