HOW TO USE IFTTTHOW TO USE IFTTTThe recipe that simplify life
Type “IFTTT” to search
Click https://ifttt.com toreach their homepage
This is the IFTTT homepage
First, let’s create an account.Click here.
Type your Email here
Then click “Create account”
Initially, IFTTTprovide a quickprovide a quick
tour for you.
Get familiar with words here
COMMON TERMS
1. TRIGGER CHANNEL
2. ACTION CHANNEL2. ACTION CHANNEL
3. RECIPE = Formula
Click “Continue” to go to thenext page
These are some of the channelswe can use to make recipes.
Click “Continue” to proceed
Then you will be prompt toyour dashboard
Below, you will see publishedrecipes by different people.
See here “Recommended”recipes.
And the “If Recipe”
On top, you can search forrecipes or channels here
See your recipes at “MyRecipes” menu
Inside “My Recipes”
This is “My IF Recipes” tab,
Where IF recipesyou’ve chosen areyou’ve chosen are
listed.
“My DO Recipes” tab,
For DO recipeyou are using.you are using.
“My Published Recipes”tab,
The recipes youcreated andcreated andpublished.
And “My Favorite Recipes”tab.
The recipes youliked.liked.
At “Browse” menu, seerecipes for different
application
Click this to see “Recipesfor Marketers”
Click this to see “Recipesfor your Wedding”
Click this to see “Recipes forthe Small Business Owner”
Click this to see “Recipesfor Following Politics”
Click this to see “Recipesfor Android”
Click this to see “Recipes toStreamline your Social
Media”
They even have “Recipesfor the Home”
And “Recipes for your Car”
And a lot more...
Automation isAutomation isnow within our
reach.
At “Channels” menu, seedifferent channels.
Inside Channels, you cansearch channels here
Or choose channels percategory; we have the
Blogging channels
Business channels
Connected Car and Musicchannels
Fitness and Wearables
Channels for Mobile
Photo and Video channels
Productivity channels
Social Networking channelsamong other...
So, how does arecipe works?
Let’s examine oneLet’s examine oneexisting recipe.
From “Recommended” tab,click this to open
At first, you have to connectyour account on each channel
before you can use them.
Click Connect for yourFacebook channel
Confirmdata and
clickclickOkay tocontinue
Click Done do complete
Now connect Dropboxchannel, click Connect
Complete the informationneeded here
Type your email here
Enter your Dropboxpassword
Click Sign in to connect
IFTTT will ask yourpermission, click “Allow” to
continue
Now you are connected,just click “Done”
Going back, our TriggerChannel is Facebook
Here, our Action Channel isDropbox
And this is the condition
In summary, automaticallysave new Facebook photos
that you are tagged in to yourDropbox folder
If you like this recipe, justclick “Add”. This will now be
listed at “My Recipes”
Now let’s tryto create ato create a
recipe.
We can start creating frommy account/create
Or go to
“My recipe”“My recipe”
Click “Creating a Recipe”
This will appear, go click“this”
Now, choose triggerchannel or search for it
Let’s try Facebook, nowclick the logo
Choose from this triggeroptions and guides
Let’s say we choose this
Type a specific hashtagyou like (#thankyouLord)
Click “Create Trigger”
Notice that Facebookappear in our formula
Again choose a channel orsearch for it
Let’s choose Twitter
Now choose the action youwant to happen next
Let’s take this one forexample
Type here the tweet you wishto appear on your Twitter
Click here to see otheringredient options
Let’s choose “Message”
Click “Create Action”
Now, our recipe is almostcomplete, Twitter is here
Click “Create Recipe”
Now we’ve created Recipewith ID #39236228
During this time you can editentries and click Update to
save changes
On the right side, are menusyou can use for the recipe
we’ve made.
You can Turn off your recipe
Publish so other can see anduse too
Check now or test the recipe
Or Delete the recipe
To test ourrecipe, let’s
make a post onmake a post onFacebook and
check ourTwitter.
This is our post in Facebookwith hashtag #thankyouLord
Checking on Twitter, thetemplate message withhashtag automatically
tweeted.
See that we now have tworecipe listed at My Recipes
This one from“Recommended” recipe
And this is what we made
Congratulations!You can nowautomate justautomate just
about anything.
Thank
You and enjoyYou and enjoy