Table in dynamically created table (pagination)

[cmccomas]

I want to add a row at the top, black background, with column 1 having 'Headline' in text and column 2 having 'Author' in text. Then below let the table generate dynamically based on articles.

Also, trying to set the <font class> of echo($row["author"]);

echo("<table>"); 

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){ 
    if ($bgcolor == "#E0E0E0"){ 
        $bgcolor = "#FFFFFF"; 
    }else{ 
        $bgcolor = "#E0E0E0"; 
    } 
<tr bgcolor="FFFFFF"><td>Story</td><td>Author</td></tr>
echo("<tr bgcolor=".$bgcolor."><td>");
echo "<a href=\"story.php?id=" .$row["id"]. "\" class='newsLink'>" .$row["headline"]. "</a>";	 
echo("</td><td class='smallmidText'>"); 
echo($row["author"]); 
echo("</td></tr>"); 
} 

echo("</table>"); 

[slick]

If I understand you correctly, simply move the line
<tr bgcolor="FFFFFF"><td>Story</td><td>Author</td></tr>
outside and above the while loop. You'll need to wrap it inside an echo:

echo("<tr bgcolor=\"FFFFFF\"><td>Story</td><td>Author</td></tr>");