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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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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