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HOW TO USE IFTTT Tutorial no. 2013-0025

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Create an account.

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OPEN YOUR FAVORITE WEB

BROWSER.

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GO TO WWW.IFTTT.COM

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http://www.ifttt.com/


CLICK ON “JOIN IFTTT”.

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THE SIGN UP FORM APPEARS.

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ENTER YOUR CHOSEN

USERNAME.

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Note: Use letters

and numbers

only.


ENTER YOUR EMAIL.

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ENTER YOUR CHOSEN

PASSWORD.

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RE-ENTER YOUR CHOSEN

PASSWORD.

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CLICK ON “CREATE ACCOUNT”.

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YAHOO! YOU NOW HAVE AN

IFTTT ACCOUNT.

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READ THE “ABOUT IFTTT” TO

KNOW MORE ON IFTTT.

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Adding Channels

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CLICK ON “CHANNELS”.

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THIS IS THE CHANNELS PAGE.

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CHANNELS IN COLOR ARE

CONNECTED.

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CHANNELS IN GRAY ARE

UNCONNECTED.

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LET’S CONNECT A CHANNEL.

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CLICK ON “FACEBOOK”.

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THIS APPEARS.

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CLICK OF “ACTIVATE”.

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YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO

LOG IN TO FACEBOOK.

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ENTER YOUR EMAIL.

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ENTER YOUR PASSWORD.

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CLICK ON “LOG IN”.

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CLICK ON “LOG IN WITH

FACEBOOK”.

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CLICK ON “ALLOW”.

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YOUR FACEBOOK CHANNEL IS

NOW ACTIVATED.

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EXPLORE THE FEATURES OF

YOUR CHANNEL.

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USE “EDIT CHANNEL” TO EDIT

THE CHANNEL SETTINGS.

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TO DISCONNECT A CHANNEL,

USE THE “DEACTIVATE” BUTTON.

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USE THESE BUTTONS TO EDIT

SETTINGS ON FACEBOOK.

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CLICK ON “CHANNELS”.

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NOTICE NOW THAT

FACEBOOK IS IN COLOR.

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Create Recipes

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LET’S CREATE OUR

FIRST RECIPE.

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IF THIS THEN THAT

RECIPE

TRIGGER ACTION


FOR EXAMPLE.

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IF THEN

RECIPE

New status

message by you Post a tweet


CLICK ON “CREATE”.

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CLICK ON “THIS”.

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A LIST OF CHANNEL APPEARS.

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CLICK ON FACEBOOK.

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A LIST OF TRIGGERS APPEARS.

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CLICK ON “NEW STATUS

MESSAGE BY YOU”.

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CLICK ON “CREATE TRIGGER”.

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IF YOU WANT TO GO

BACK TO THE

PREVIOUS STEP…

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NOTE


USE THE "BACK" BUTTON.

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OR SCROLL BACK TO

THE PREVIOUS STEP

AND…

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USE THE “RESTART FROM

HERE" BUTTON.

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CLICK ON “THAT”.

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THE LIST OF ACTION

CHANNEL APPEARS.

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THE LIST OF ACTION

CHANNEL APPEARS.

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CLICK ON TWITTER.

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A REQUEST TO ACTIVATE THE

CHANNEL APPEARS.

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IF YOU HAVEN'T

ACTIVATED A CHANNEL

IN THE RECIPE, YOU BE

PROMPTED TO DO SO.

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NOTE


CLICK ON “ACTIVATE”.

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THIS APPEARS.

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THIS APPEARS.

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ENTER YOUR TWITTER LOG IN

INFORMATION.

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CLICK ON “AUTHORIZE APP”.

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CLICK ON “DONE”.

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CLICK ON “CONTINUE…”.

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A LIST OF CHANNEL

ACTION APPEARS.

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CLICK ON “POST A TWEET”.

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THIS FORM APPEARS.

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GO TO FACEBOOK INGREDIENT.

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CLICK THE ARROW DOWN KEY.

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CLICK ON “STATUS MESSAGE”.

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YOU NOW SET UP THE ACTION.

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IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN ADD

MORE MESSAGE IN THE BOX.

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#myfacebookstatus


CLICK ON “CREATE ACTION”.

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#myfacebookstatus


TYPE IN A DESCRIPTION OF

YOUR RECIPE.

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CLICK ON “CREATE RECIPE”.

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YOUR RECIPE IS SAVED IN

YOUR “MY RECIPE” PAGE.

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GO TO YOUR

FACEBOOK...

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TRY THIS!


POST A MESSAGE.

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POST A MESSAGE.

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YOUR STATUS APPEARS ON

YOUR TWITTER IN MINUTES.

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Find Recipes

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CLICK ON “BROWSE”.

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HERE IS THE

BROWSE RECIPE PAGE.

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1. SEARCH BOX

2. FILTER OPTION

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2 WAYS TO

SEARCH FOR RECIPES


THIS IS THE SEARCH BOX.

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ENTER YOUR SEARCH QUERY.

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CLICK ON “SEARCH”.

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A LIST OF SHARED RECIPES OF

YOUR QUERY APPEARS.

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GOING BACK TO THE BROWSE

PAGE, LOCATE “FILTER”.

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CLICK ON “FILTER”.

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A LIST OF CHANNELS APPEAR.

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CHOOSE A CHANNEL, FOR

EXAMPLE WORDPRESS.

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YOU WILL SEE A LIST OF RECIPES

WITH WORDPRESS IN IT.

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LOOK HERE FOR OPTIONS TO

NARROW DOWN YOUR SEARCH.

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SORT THE RECIPES BY THE

TRIGGER OR ACTION YOU WANT.

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FOR EXAMPLE, CLICK ON

“TRIGGER”.

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CLICK ON THE DROP DOWN

ARROW KEY.

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SELECT THE TRIGGER YOU WANT.

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CLICK ON THE SORT

DROP DOWN ARROW.

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THEN SORT WHAT’S HOT, NEW

OR POPULAR RECIPES.

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LOCATE THE RECIPE YOU WANT

FROM THE LIST.

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CLICK THE IMAGE, RECIPE TITLE

OR THE RIGHT ARROW TO VIEW.

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READ THE DETAILS

OF THE RECIPE.

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LOCATE THE RECIPE SETTINGS.

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ACTIVATE CHANNELS

WHEN PROMPTED.

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PROVIDE THE

NECESSARY INFORMATION.

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CLICK ON “ACTIVATE”.

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CLICK ON “DONE”.

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YOU CAN EDIT THE ACTION

SETTINGS HERE.

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SIMPLY CLICK ON THE “+”

BUTTON...

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THEN SELECT THE INGREDIENTS

YOU NEED TO INCLUDE.

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CLICK ON “ADD INGREDIENT”.

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CLICK ON “USE RECIPE”.

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THIS IS NOW SAVED AS YOUR

PERSONAL RECIPE.

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YOU CAN EDIT THE RECIPE

DESCRIPTION HERE.

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HERE, YOU CAN ALSO DO FURTHER

CHANGES ON THE ACTION SETTINGS.

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JUST CLICK “UPDATE” TO SAVE

ANY CHANGES MADE.

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WHEN DONE,

CLICK ON “MY RECIPES”.

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NOTICE NOW THE RECIPE IS

LISTED IN YOUR RECIPE SECTION.

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Share

Recipes

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BY DEFAULT, RECIPES

ARE PRIVATE.

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NOTE


SHARING RECIPES

ALLOW OTHERS USERS

TO MODIFY AND SAVE

THE RECIPE TO THEIR

OWN LIST.

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NOTE


GO TO YOUR “MY RECIPES” PAGE.

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TO SHARE A RECIPE, CLICK ON

THE SHARE ICON.

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HERE, YOU CAN EDIT THE RECIPE

BEFORE SHARING IT.

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TYPE IN A NOTE

TO DESCRIBE YOUR RECIPE.

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YOU CAN ALSO MAKE CHANGES

TO THE RECIPE'S ACTION HERE.

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CLICK ON “SHARE RECIPE”.

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YOU NOW SUCCESSFULLY

SHARED A RECIPE.

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TO VIEW YOUR SHARED RECIPE,

CLICK ON “MY RECIPES”.

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CLICK ON THE “SHARED” TAB…

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AND SEE A LIST OF YOUR

SHARED RECIPES.

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HERE, YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY

USED YOUR RECIPE.

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THERE IS NO UNSHARE

OPTION AT IFTTT.

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MORE NOTES


ONLY WAY TO

UNSHARE A RECIPE IS

BY DELETING IT.

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MORE NOTES


Turn off

Recipes

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WHEN YOU CREATE

YOUR RECIPE, IT IS

TURNED ON BY

DEFAULT.

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NOTE


YOU CAN TURN OFF ANY RECIPE

FROM THE “MY RECIPES” PAGE.

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TO TURN OFF A RECIPE, JUST

CLICK ON THE POWER BUTTON.

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THE RECIPE TURNS GRAY

WHEN TURNED OFF.

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TURNING OFF A RECIPE

TEMPORARILY DISABLE

IT FROM DOING ITS

ACTION.

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NOTE


TO TURN ON A DISABLED RECIPE,

JUST CLICK THE POWER BUTTON.

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TO DELETE A RECIPE, JUST

CLICK ON THE TRASH BUTTON.

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DELETING A RECIPE

REMOVES IT FROM

YOUR RECIPE LIST.

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