Idiotic Basic Question - making a circle with transparent bg driving me nuts!

OK, disclaimer - I have been using an old version of elements and just upgraded to Photoshop CS5 Extended. All I want to do is:
1) Create a circle for a logo.
2) Add text and drop shadow.
3) Make bg transparent.
Why am I getting the white line around the circle? (The circle will be the logo. Right now it is a 240 x 240 gif that is floated on top of the header using CSS).
Thanks,
Gary

In addition to Noel's advice, there is no need to rasterize the shape layer
to change the color, just double click on the solid fill color to change the color
of your circle. Also move your shape layer above the white layer and turn off the
visibility or delete the white background layer before saving as a png-24.
You might also try Image>Trim to crop the circle. Pick transparent pixels in
Image>Trim dialog.
MTSTUNER
Message was edited by: MTSTUNER

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