HOW TO USE IFTTT FOR

BEGINNERS

Riann G. Salandanan

yourvirtualprofessional.wordpress.com

A STEP BY STEP GUIDE

Riann G. Salandanan

yourvirtualprofessional.wordpress.com

ARE YOU READY?

LET’S BEGIN

GO TO SEARCH BAR

TYPE IN THE WORD

“IFTTT”

SELECT HTTPS://IFTTT.COM/

YOU WILL BE DIRECTED TO

THE SITE

WELCOME TO IFTTT

CLICK SIGN UP TO CREATE

YOUR ACCOUNT

TYPE IN YOUR USERNAME

TYPE IN YOUR PASSWORD

CLICK CREATE ACCOUNT

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU

CREATE AN ACCOUNT

BEFORE YOU GET STARTED,

CONFIRM IFTTT FROM YOUR

EMAIL

YOU WILL BE DIRECTED TO

YOUR HOMEPAGE

FIRST TAB IS YOUR “MY RECIPE”

RECIPE SIMPLY MEANS

CONNECTION BETWEEN YOUR

PRODUCTS AND APPS

THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF

RECIPES: DO RECIPES AND IF

RECIPES

“DO RECIPES” ENABLE YOU TO CREATE YOUR OWN

PERSONALIZED BUTTON

“IF RECIPES” RUN AUTOMATICALLY IN THE

BACKGROUND

SECOND TAB IS YOUR

BROWSE

IF YOU BROWSE, YOU CAN

SEARCH THE PRODUCTS OR

RECOMMENDED RECIPES

THERE ARE RECOMMENDED

RECIPES FOR PINTEREST

THIRD TAB IS YOUR

CHANNELS

IFTTT LETS YOU CONNECT

BETWEEN THE CHANNELS

BELOW

THEN 4TH TAB IS YOUR

ACCOUNT

LET’S CREATE OUR FIRST RECIPE. CLICK “THIS”

CHOOSE TRIGGER CHANNEL.

LET’S TRY FACEBOOK

CHOOSE FACEBOOK LOGO

CLICK CONNECT

TYPE YOUR DETAILS

TYPE YOUR USERNAME

TYPE YOUR PASSWORD

CLICK LOG IN

IFTTT WILL ASK FOR

PERMISSION FROM

FACEBOOK. CLICK OKAY

IFTTT WILL ASK FOR

PERMISSION TO SHARE POST.

CLICK OKAY

IFTTT WOULD LIKE TO

MANAGE YOUR PAGE. CLICK

OKAY

IFTTT IS CONNECTED TO

FACEBOOK. CLICK DONE

CLICK CONTINUE TO NEXT

STEP

STEP 2, CHOOSE A TRIGGER,

FOR ME I’LL CHOOSE THIS

THIS TRIGGER FIRES

EVERYTIME I POST A NEW

PHOTO IN FACEBOOK

STEP 3, CLICK CREATES

TRIGGER

YOU’RE “THIS” IS DONE, NOW LET’S CLICK ON “THAT”

STEP 4, CHOOSE ACTION

CHANNEL. LET’S ADD DROPBOX

DROPBOX IS A CHANNEL

WHICH STORES PHOTOS AND

DOCUMENTS

CONNECT TO DROPBOX

TYPE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS.

SAME PROCEDURE AS OF THE

“THIS” ACCOUNT

TYPE YOUR PASSWORD

CLICK LOG IN

IFTTT WOULD LIKE ACCESS

FILES AND FOLDERS IN YOUR

DROPBOX

DROPBOX IS CONNECTED!

CLICK DONE

CLICK TO CONNECT TO THE

NEXT STEP

STEP 5, CHOOSE AN ACTION

LET’S CHOOSE TO USE URL

TO FILE

CLICK CREATE ACTION

STEP 7, REVIEW YOUR

RECIPE AND CLICK CREATE

RECIPE

YOU’RE FIRST RECIPE

IF THERE ARE NEW PHOTOS

FROM FACEBOOK, THEN IT

WILL SAVE IN DROPBOX

YOU CAN TURN OFF THE

RECIPE

YOU CAN CHANGE THE

RECIPE

VIEW RECIPE LOG

LOG FOR RECIPE NUMBER

YOU CAN EDIT RECIPE,

DELETE OR VIEW IT’S LOG

YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IFTTT

ON ANDROID OR APPLE

FOR EXAMPLE LET’S DOWNLOAD THRU APP STORE

SEARCH IFTTT

THEN CLICK “GET”

TYPE YOUR APPLE ID

PASSWORD AND CLICK OK

IFTTT IS ALREADY

DOWNLOADED

SIGN UP FOR FREE IFTTT

ACCOUNT

TYPE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS,

PASSWORD AND CLICK CREATE

ACCOUNT

START CREATING YOUR OWN

RECIPE

IF YOU WANT TO ACCESS DO

CAMERA, DOWNLOAD IT

WELCOME TO DO IT

YOURSELF CAMERA

CLICK CONTINUE

CLICK OK TO ALLOW ACCESS

TO CAMERA

ADD A RECIPE FOR YOUR DO

CAMERA

FOR EXAMPLE, WE WANT TWEETER

LET’S CLICK CONTINUE

CLICK AUTHORIZE TO ACCESS

ACCOUNT

TWITTER IS CONNECTED

CREATE YOUR RECIPE

CLICK THE ICON AND CHECK

YOU’RE TWEETER

TRY IT NOW. IT’S SUPER EASY

YOU CAN POST ON YOUR

MULTIPLE ACCOUNTS IN ONE

CLICK

THANK YOU &

HAVE A GREAT DAY

Riann G. Salandanan

yourvirtualprofessional.wordpress.com

“LEARN EVERYTHING YOU CAN,

ANYTHING YOU CAN, FROM ANYONE

YOU CAN. THERE WILL ALWAYS

COME A TIME WHEN YOU WILL BE

GRATEFUL YOU DID.” – SARAH

CALDWELL

Riann G. Salandanan

yourvirtualprofessional.wordpress.com