XF 1.5 Style an image based on the read status of a node?

[son et lumiere]

I have a rather unusual request. First, a visual aid:

This is a table in a forum description, styled with CSS. In an effort to both trim our site's index and give more visibility to these particular forums, we have elected to try this odd layout. The main drawback is that it does not show unread status for a subforum (since they are image links to forums and not part of the template).

Could I check for a specific node's read status in CSS, thereby allowing me to style images based on that state?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Optic]

Out of the box in the default theme template there are separate CSS classes for unread subforums, i.e. the sub-forums are in bold if they're unread.

Maybe you can try to insert your images using those classes instead of the custom forum description.

 

[son et lumiere]

The layout wouldn't be correct, unfortunately