title: Raphael Javascript
body: <p>I am new to Raphael and am trying to do something very simple, but failing miserably.  Does anyone know how to create a Raphael canvas and set the background color (ex: green)?  This is what I have so far, but when I open it in a browser it displays nothing....</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;html&gt;
  &lt;head&gt;&lt;title&gt;&lt;/title&gt;
  &lt;script src="raphael-min.js"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;
  &lt;/head&gt;
  
  &lt;body&gt;
  
  &lt;script type="text/javascript"&gt;
  //all your javascript goes here
  
  var paper = Raphael(15,40,320,300);
  
  &lt;/script&gt;
  
  &lt;/body&gt;
  &lt;/html&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I put this code inside the js script it displays a circle correctly...</p>
  
  <pre><code>var circle = paper.circle(50,10,10);
  circle.attr("fill","#0f0");
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But again, my issue is trying to set the background color.  Any help would be appreciated.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>