how to use ifttt to automate your virtual life

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HOW TO USE

TO AUTOMATE YOUR VIRTUAL LIFE

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What is IFTTT?

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It is a web-based automation tool that allows you to connect to different channels by creating

Recipes.

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The acronym IFTTT stands for:

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And pronounced as “ift”

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IFTTT terminologies

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Recipes are connections between products and apps.

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Here are the sample RECIPES.

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There are two (2) kinds of RECIPE.

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DO RECIPE lets you create your own personalized Button, Camera and Notepad. The app

is available for iOS and Android.

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Samples of DO RECIPE.

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IF RECIPE lets you create powerful connection

with simple statement of“if this then that”

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Samples of IF RECIPE.

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Channels are the basic building blocks

of Recipes.

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Samples of Channels.

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Triggers are the “IF” part of an If Recipe.

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Actions are the “THEN” part of an If

Recipes.

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Now, let’s get started.

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Go to your browser.

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Typehttps://ifttt.com/...

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in the address bar.

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Press Enter!

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Welcome to IFTTT!

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Sign up to create a free account.

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Type your email and password,

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and press create account.

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This is your IFTTT homepage.

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For this tutorial, let’s make IF RECIPE.

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Click My Recipes

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Click Create a Recipe.

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There are 7 easy steps

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Click “this”

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Step 1. Choose a Trigger Channel.

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You may select among the channels here…

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…or search for the Channel.

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I chose Facebook as my trigger channel.

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Click connect.

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A new pop up window will open…

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just click Okay.

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Click done to activate your Facebook account to IFTTT.

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Connecting to your Facebook Channel.

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Step 2. Choose a Trigger.

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Click New photo by you.

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Step 3. Complete Trigger fields.

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Click Create Trigger.

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Click “that”

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Step 4. Choose Action Channel.

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Click Dropbox.

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Click connect to activate your Dropbox to IFTTT.

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A new pop up window will open, click allow.

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Your Dropbox is now connected.

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Step 5. Choose an Action.

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Click Add file from URL.

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Step 6. Complete Action Field.

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Click Flask icon to add ingredient.

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Ingredients are pieces of data from a Trigger.

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Trigger channel has different ingredients…

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An email trigger could be: subject, attachment, sender’s

address etc.

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Click the drop-down arrow.

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Select CreateAt, From, and Link.

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No need to change.

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Click Create Action.

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Step 7. Create and Connect.

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Click Create Recipe.

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Your Recipe was just created!

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The Title of your Recipe.

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This will now appear to your IF Recipes page.

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Read the Quick Reminder.

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You have options to Turn off your Recipe.

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Publish your Recipe.

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Check your Recipe now.

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View Recipe Log.

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or Edit/Delete it.

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Now, let’s check if this Recipe will work.

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Log into your Facebook Account.

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Create a post…

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Click Photo/Video.

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Upload a photo and click post.

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Now check your drop box and log in.

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Double click this folder.

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The post you made was automatically save to your

Dropbox.

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Here it is…

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Now, it’s your turn to

create Recipes.

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You may find inspiration

from other published

RECIPES.

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Return to IFTTT homepage.

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Type Pinterest on the

search bar.

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Press Enter!

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Sample Pinterest Recipes.

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Go ahead formulate

your own RECIPES…

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and make it “appetizing”

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Have fun learning!

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Thank you for reading!

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Visit

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for other dynamic tutorial guides

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I would love to hear

your comments!

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Sources:

https://www.google.com.ph/images-ifttt

https://ifttt.com/wtf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IFTTT

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