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.

Fill up this form

Type your Email here

Your Password

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.

The “Do Recipe”

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

News and Sports

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

Now click “that”

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”

See this example

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

See log data

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