how do i identify the theme name used by a website?

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  neowealth · Member · Jun 7, 2011 at 3:55 am

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  i wish to know which theme is used by a specific website because i love it and wish to use it.
  How can i find it?
  all i know is on home page of a site, right click, scroll to view source, then,,,!?
  where will i find the name of the theme?
  what line number?
  thank you for you time.
  kind regards,

  jerome

  ps: i am a Lynda.com student
  Blog url: http://neochefcookingschool.wordpress.com/

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  zefontainhas · Member · Jun 7, 2011 at 9:53 am

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  If the site is on WordPress.com, the theme’s name always shows up on the footer. For a self-hosted WordPress site, you could try to view the source and search for the ‘wp-content/themes’ string.