Types of Resource Stores

Parallels Pro Control Panel provides the following resource stores:

• Default store. This store contains resources that are used in common by all the skins on Parallels Pro Control Panel. Typically, these resources are XML files and JavaScript files and do not affect the visual appearance of the control panel. Parallels Pro has only one Default store located at /usr/lib/ensim/frontend/static/.
• Skin stores. This store contains various types of resources that combine to define the look and feel of the control panel. The resources for each skin are stored in independent skin stores since the look and feel of the control panel varies according to the skin. The customizations made to the resources in this store are visible to all users.

  For example, the Cocoon skin stores its resources in its own skin store Cocoon, while the Mercury skin stores its resources in its skin store Mercury. The Skin store is located at /usr/lib/ensim/frontend/skins/<skin_name>/.

  Cocoon: /usr/lib/ensim/frontend/skins/cocoon/

  Mercury: /usr/lib/ensim/frontend/skins/mercury/

  Classic: /usr/lib/ensim/frontend/skins/classic/

• User stores. Parallels Pro Control Panel enables Server Administrators, Reseller Administrators, and Site Administrators to customize the control panel according to their preferences. For more information, see the section About Branding Control Panels.

  Whenever a Server Administrator, Reseller, or Site Administrator customizes a resource, that resource is placed in the corresponding user store. For example, customizations made by a Server Administrator are placed in the Server Administrator store. The customizations made to resources in a user store are visible only to that particular user. Parallels Pro Control Panel supports the following types of User stores:

• Server Administrator store. This store contains resources that are customized by the Server Administrator.

  Path: /etc/appliance/customization/stores/isp/

• Reseller Administrator store. This store contains resources that are customized by Reseller Administrators. Resellers can have their own independent customized stores.

  Path: /etc/appliance/customization/stores/reseller/<reseller_name>

• Site Administrator store. This store contains resources that are customized by Site Administrators. Site Administrators can have their own independent customized stores.

  Path: /etc/appliance/customization/stores/site/<site_name>

Note: User Administrators do not have their own customized store. They inherit the store attributes of their Site Administrator. Therefore, the resource store of a User Administrator is /etc/appliance/customization/stores/site/<site_name>.