Multiple Columns and List Order with Color

Question

I am trying to take this code and enhance it by:
1. It currently displays the output in a 5 column vertical format
output1 output2 output3...
I want it to display in a scrolling 5 column vertical format
output1  output4
output2  output5
output3  output6
based on the number of data points
2. I want the first column background to be blue, the next white, the next blue, the next white, the last blue.
Any way to accomplish this..appreciate any help.
Leo
Code:
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="5" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#CC6699">
<span class="datetextwhite"><a name="THURSDAY"> </a><span class="style6">Thursday, October 29th: PRE-CONFERENCE INTENSIVES</span></span></td>
</tr>
     <TR>
     <CFOUTPUT QUERY="q_daysschedule">
          <TD valign=top><span class="bodytextbold"><span class="style16"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">#q_daysschedule.time#</font></span></span><br /><span class="topNavigationBar"><a href="session.cfm?ID=201" class="topNavigationBar">#q_daysschedule.Title#</a></span></TD>
          <CFIF q_daysschedule.CurrentRow MOD 5 IS 0>
               </TR>
               <TR></TR>
          </CFIF>
     </CFOUTPUT>
<tr>

Answer 1

I find these problems easier to solve if I rearrange my data into an array.  Something like this:
DataArray = ArrayNew(2);
Cols = 5;
Outputs = "output1,output2,etc";
Rows = Round(ListLen(Outputs) / Cols + .5);    // 32 outputs would give you 7 rows
for (ii = 1; ii lt cols; ii = ii + 1) {
for (j = 1; j lte Rows; j = j + 1) {
DataArray[ii][j] = ListFirst(Outputs);
Outputs = ListRestOutputs;
} // rows
}  // cols
// Last Column
for (ii = 1; ii lte ListLen(Outputs); ii = ii + 1 )
DataArray[cols][ii] = ListGetAt(outputs, ii);
// put spaces in blank rows
for (j = ii; j lte rows; j = j + 1)
DataArray[cols][j] = " ";
Output like this
<cfoutput>
<cfloop from = "1" to = cols index = "ThisRow">
<cfloop from = "1" to = rows index = "ThisCol">
#DataArray[ThisCol][ThisRow]#
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