how to use ifttt (if this then that)

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This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use IFTTT.

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How to Use

“Put the internet to work for you”

Open your browser

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Go to www.ifttt.com

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Click “Join IFTTT”

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Enter your details here

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Username

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Email

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And Password

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Re-enter your password

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Click ‘Create account”

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And your done!

Account created.

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This will appear

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It tells you things

about IFTTT

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What is IFTTT

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Its parts

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And how it works

At the bottom

click

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“Create your first Recipe”

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To create a recipe

just follow this

simple statement

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I want to do this

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do that

Example

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Lets say you want

pictures tagged to you

on Facebook

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Be automatically sent

and saved to your

Dropbox

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Just do these simple

seven steps

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Step 1

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Choose your trigger channel

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In this case I add Facebook as a

trigger channel

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This will appear

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Click “Activate”

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If you're not log in this will

appear

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Enter your log in details here

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Click Log In

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Click Install

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Choose what permissions to

allow

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Just click on the “X”

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On the permissions

you don’t want to

allow

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Or you may choose to

allow all

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Click “Allow All”

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Or

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Allow none

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Just click “Allow None”

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Click done

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And your done!

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Click “Continue to the next

step”

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Step 2

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Choose what

function you want to

create

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In this case I chose “ You are

tagged in a photo”

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Step 3

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Click “Create Trigger”

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This will appear

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You are now done with “this”

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Step 4

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Choose your channel

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In this case I chose “Dropbox”

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Click “Activate”

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Click “Allow”

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Click “Done”

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Click “Continue to the next

step”

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And your done with

Step 4

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Step 5

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Choose what action

you want Dropbox to do

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In this case I chose “Add file

from URL”

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Step 6

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Choose what

data/ingredient to

include from the

trigger

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Just click on the dropdown

arrow here

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You can choose to

add

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“Uploaded by”

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To add the full name of

the user

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who uploaded the

photo

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“FB Photo URL”

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To add link to the

photo’s Facebook page

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“Photo Small URL”

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To add the URL to the

small version of the

photo

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“Photo source URL”

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To add the URL to the

full sized version of the

photo

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“Photo Caption”

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To add the photo’s

caption

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“Uploaded Date”

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To add the date and

time when the photo

was uploaded

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You can add more than one

“ingredient” in your trigger

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Type in your “File name”

here

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Click “Create Action”

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And you are done with “that”

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Step 7

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Add a description to your

“recipe”

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Click “Create Recipe”

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And you're done!

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Your “Recipe” is now created

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With this recipe every

photo that was tagged

to you

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On Facebook

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Will now be

automatically sent

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And saved to your

Dropbox folder

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Click here to

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Turn your recipe on

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Delete your recipe

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Share your recipe with

others

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Put your title here

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Type in your recipe notes,

instructions or story here

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Click “Share Recipe”

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And your recipe is

shared

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Or edit, check or view your

recipe’s log here

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You can also browse

other people’s recipe

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Just click ‘Shared”

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And click “Browse more

Recipes”

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There are plenty of shared

readily available recipes

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To choose from

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That might be similar to what

you want to make/use

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Or you can search for

a specific recipe

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Just type in what you want here

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Let say “photos”

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Any recipe related to

photos

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Will show up for you

to choose from

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Photo saving recipes like

“Facebook to Dropbox”

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Sharing photos recipe like “Share

every IG photos to FB wall”

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You can also filter

specific program/s

that you want

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Just click on “Filter”

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This will appear

Let say we choose Instagram

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All recipes related to

Instagram regarding

photos will appear

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To narrow your search

you can choose to sort

it by

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“What’s hot”

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“New”

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And ‘Popular”

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To use a shared

recipe

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Just click on the

recipe that you like

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Let say this recipe “Save National

Geographic… to Dropbox”

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This will appear

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At the bottom click “Use

Recipe”

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And you're done!

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You can now use the

shared recipe

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And that’s it. The

basics of IFTTT. fin.

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“Motivation is what

gets you started. Habit

is what keeps you

going.” Jim Rohn

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