i can't find a good tutorial on 3rd person stuff. ive experimented a lot, and i can't get it right, does anybody know where to find a good tutorial on how to do a 3rd person shot?

Difficult question as you didnt provide much information. Im presuming you are using a preexisting engine of some sort and are actualy representing your charactor with a model. If that is the case simply move the camera before the render.

im using gltranslatef or whatever to move around, and im using cube, sinces im only experimenting.i don't really know what else to say.

actually, all i need to know is how to rotate the object around the camera, i just can't figure that out right.