Learn How to Automate All the Things Using IFTTT

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Learn How To

Automate All The Things Using IFTTT

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What is IFTTT ?




is a service

that enables users to




connect different

web applications(Ex: Facebook,

Evernote & Dropbox)




together throughsimple conditional

statements known as

Recipes

.




IFTTT lets you create

powerful connectionswith one simple

Statement

.


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Channels

are basic

building blocks

of IFTTT.




EachChannel

has its own

Triggers

andActions

.




Some example

Channels are:




The This part of theRecipe is aTrigger

.




The Thatpart of the

Recipeis an

Action

.




Pieces of data from a Trigger

are calledIngredients




Personal Recipes

are combinationof a Trigger and

an Action




from your active Channels.




Shared Recipes

are

useful templatesshared by the

IFTTT community.




Let’s get started!




Click Google Chrome




Type in ifttt.com




Here’s IFTTT homepage




Click on Sign up




Enter your username




Choose a password




Click Create account




IFTTT Welcome page




Let’s

familiarize

ourselves

with the interface




Click My Recipes




Your created recipes

appear here




Do Recipes run

with just a tap.



Published Recipes





Useful templatesthat are sharedwith the IFTTT

community.



Favorites Recipes

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Browse and collect your favorite

Recipes

for sharing

and adding later.




Click Browse




We can browse and use

published recipes by others

h




You can search a

published recipe here




Click Channels

h l




Here are some channels

you can use

h




You can search

for channels here




Let’s create a recipe




Click My Recipes




Click Create a Recipe

Y ill h




You will get the

IFTTT statement




Click this

Ch t i




Choose a trigger

channel

O h f h




Or search for the

channel here

li ki b k




Let’s try clicking Facebook




Click Connect

Cli k Ok




Click Okay

Cli k Ok




Click Okay

Cli k Ok




Click Okay

Cli k D




Click Done

Cli k C ti




Click Continue

to the next step




Choose a Trigger

i h i h




Notice that triggers have

definitions to guide you

Let’s choose




Let s choose

New photo post by you




Click Create Trigger




The trigger appears




Click that

l i h l




Select an Action Channel




Let’s search for Twitter




Let’s click Twitter




Click Connect




Enter your username




Type in your password




Click Authorize app

Cli k D




Click Done

Click Continue




Click Continue

to the next step

Ch A i




Choose an Action

Let’s choose




Let s choose

Post a tweet with Image

Cli k i id th b




Click inside the box

Click this icon




Click this icon

to select an ingredient

li k hi




Click this arrow

S l di




Select an Ingredient

L t’ li k C t d At




Let’s click Created At

Ch k h l




Check out the Example

Cli k Add I di t




Click Add Ingredient

Ch k i di




Check out our ingredients

Click Create Action




Click Create Action

Here’s our new recipe




Here’s our new recipe

Check out our recipe title




Check out our recipe title

li k i




Click Create Recipe

Recipe created




Recipe created

Check out these




Check out these

tools/icons

This is




This is

Turn Recipe off button

This is




This is

Check Recipe Now Button

View




View

Recipe Logs button

Edit or Delete Recipe




Edit or Delete Recipe

button

Check out the reminder




Check out the reminder




Let’s see

if the recipe works

Go to your Facebook




Go to your Facebook

Click on Photo/Video




Click on Photo/Video

Click Upload Photos/Videos




Click Upload Photos/Videos

Select a photo




Select a photo

Click Open




Click Open

Add a caption




Add a caption

Click Post




Click Post




Thephoto

is nowposted

Let’s go to




Let s go to

Twitter to check

There it is




There it is

Now let’s try using




y gpublished recipes

by others

Let’s search for Facebook




Let s search for Facebook

and Evernote channels

Click Browse




Click Browse

Type ‘facebook evernote’




ypin the search box

Click Search




Click Search

You will see the recipes




pcreated by others

Let’s choose this




by clicking it

Click Connect




Click Connect

Click Authorize




Click Authorize

Click Done




Click Done

Click Add




Click Add

Recipe ID created




Recipe ID created

Click My Recipes




Click My Recipes

We now have two recipes




We now have two recipes

Let’s try if the




recent recipe works

Type in a status




yp

Click Post




Click Post

Facebook status updated




Facebook status updated

Go to Evernote




IFTTT automatically created a




notebook for Facebook

The Facebook statusi ll




was automatically

saved in Evernote




Congratulations You can now automate

youronline activities

using IFTTT!



All great

achievements

require time

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