How To Use If This Then That

How to Use

By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Beginners guide Step by step tutorial


What is IFTTT ?By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

If This Then That (ifttt) is a brilliant web service that allows you to plug information from one service into

another.

What does it do ?


Allows you to link all your favorite web applications.

Why is it vital in social media ?


It creates integration between tools like Gmail, Dropbox, Facebook,

Twitter, Instagram, and so much more.

How does it work?


In this tutorial, I will teach you

What is IFTTT all about . By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

I will show you a step by step presentation onHow to use IFTTT.


Ready???By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Let’s go to your favourite

Web browser..By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

In this tutorial I will use Google Chrome.



On search bar type: “ifttt”By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.

com/virtualprofessional


Then click:


Select https://ifttt.com



And you will be directed to the site.



Click “sign-up”


Create free account in IFTTT


Fill-out the details


Enter Email Address

Step 3


Enter your Password


Click “Create account”


Congratulations!

You just created an account in Ifttt.


Now, confirm your account in Ifttt..

Check your inbox.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Click the message.


And click confirm your account.


And you will be directed at

IFTTT Homepage.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional


And you will see this “Account confirmed.”


There are 4 tabs located at upper right corner of

IFTTT homepage.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

You will see this.


Click “My Recipe”


You will see this.


Recipe means connections between

two applications.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.


There are two types of Recipe.


If Recipe runs automatically on the

background.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.


Do Recipe allows you to create your personalized connection of two apps.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Next.. Click Browse.


At Browse tab, you will find recommended or predefined recipes for

certain platform.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional


Next, click Channel.


You can use this Channels.


Ifttt allows you to create connections

between the following Channels.


Click your account.


And you will see this.


Now, let’s try creating a recipe

at IFTTT.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Click “Create”.


Then you will see this.


Let’s create our first Recipe.

Click “THIS”.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional


Let’s choose trigger Channel.


Scroll down to choose for channel.


Let’s try Pocket.


Click the Pocket logo.


You will see this.


Click “Connect”


Ifttt recognized you have a Pocket account.


Click Authorize App..


You will see “Pocket connected.”


Click “Done.”


Then proceed at step 2. Choose a trigger.



Let’s try Any item added in pocket it

will trigger.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Click this.


Step 3. Complete trigger fields.


Click “Create Trigger”


And you will see this.


Click “That”.


Step 4. Choose Action Channel.


Scroll down to choose.


In this tutorial..Let’s try Dropbox.


Click the dropbox logo.


You have to sign-in to your Dropbox

account to link with IFTTT.


Fill-out the details.


Enter your Email address.


Enter your pasword.


Then click sign-in.


IFTTT would like access to the files and

folders on your Dropbox.


Click “Allow”


Now Dropbox is connected.


Click Done.


Click Continue to the next step.


Step 5. Choose an Action.


Let’s Add file from URL.


Step 6. Complete action field.


Fill-out the details.


You can double click at upper right corner of the box to

show the list of choices to add as ingredients.



Choose URL to file.


Enter File name.


Type IFTTT/Pocket as folder path.


Then click Create Action.


Step 7. Create Recipe and

Connect.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Click Create Recipe.


This is our Recipe title.


You can modify your Recipe in this side.


If you want to Turn off the Recipe.


If you want to publish your Recipe.


If you want to Log your Recipe.


Or, if you’re not happy with your Recipe you can delete it.


Congratulations!

Now, you know How to Use IFTTT, right?

Let’s check if our

Recipe works.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Let’s say you are reading an article and you save it in Pocket.


Let’s check at Dropbox account if URL was

saved.By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

Log in to your Dropbox account.


Click IFTTT folder.


Click the folder named Pocket.


Click the URL file that was saved at Pocket and added in Dropbox account.


If you click the highlighted URL you will be redirected to the article.


The Recipe works.


Now, Try it! Automate your task for

a fast and efficient lifestyle :)


Keep exploring IFTTT..

Have a fabulous day :)By: Lynne Arcangeles @ www.lynnearcangeles.com/virtualprofessional

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