I'm trying to make either links bold in the user_panel.tpl to help the user understand which section they are in. I guess the code is a little like this:

{if $request_category eq “published news”}
<li><div><a href='http://www.marktd.com/index.php'><img src="http://www.marktd.com/img/b_latest_bold.jpg" title="latest marketing news"/></a></div></li>
{else}
<li><div><a href='http://www.marktd.com/index.php'><img src="http://www.marktd.com/img/b_latest.jpg" title="latest marketing news"/></a></div></li>
{/if}

a) Not too sure $request_category is the right variable
b) Not too suree what values that variable should equal