how to automate your online tasks using ifttt

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Welcome to IFTTT for Newbies



What is IFTTT?



It literally stands for If This, Then That



It’s a very popular productivity web app



that automates your world using Recipes.



You can connect apps and devices you love



with “if this, then that” statements



to automate your repetitive online tasks.



Let’s start!



Open a new browser like Google Chrome


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This will open a new window



and bring you to your home page



My home page is a new tab



Your home page may be different than mine



For example, it can be google.com



If it’s different, then open a new tab



Click this to open a new

tab.



A new tab will open



Type ifttt.com on the address bar


Hit Enter


This is the IFTTT Homepage


Click Sign Up on the upper-left corner


Enter your email address and choose a password


Click Create account


After that, you are now logged in


This is your IFTTT Dashboard


You don’t have any recipes yet.


Click Browse to see sample recipes by other users


Click Channels for available apps to connect using IFTTT


Channels are also platforms that you want to automate


There are over 351 apps that you can automate


including your favourite social media apps


Go back to My Recipes


Let’s now create a Recipe


Click Create a Recipe


What is a Recipe?


It is a combination of a trigger and an action


‘THIS’ is the trigger


while ‘THAT’ is the action


Click ‘THIS’ to start making a recipe


Search for a trigger channel by typing the app’s name


Let’s use Facebook


Click on Facebook’s logo


You will need to connect IFTTT to your Facebook account


Click Connect


You will need to sign in to your Facebook account


Enter your account details and click Log In


Click OK


Then click Not Now


Your Facebook account is now connected


Click Done


Click Continue to the next step


You’ll now choose a trigger


Let’s choose Your profile changes


This trigger will check if your FB profile changes


Choose Profile Picture on the Profile field to watch dropdown


Click Create Trigger


Now it’s time to set up the action


Click ‘THAT’


Search for an action channel by typing the app’s name


Let’s use Twitter


Click on Twitter’s logo


You will need to connect IFTTT to your Twitter account


Click Connect


You will need to sign in to your Twitter account


Enter your account details and click Authorize App


Your Twitter account is now connected


Click Done


Click Continue to the next step


You’ll now choose an action


Let’s choose Update profile picture


This action will happen when you update your FB profile pic


Click Create Action


Click Create Recipe


Congratulations! You’ve created your first IFTTT Recipe.


You can manage your Recipe by


1. Turning it off


2. Publishing it


Click Publish


Give your Recipe a title


Enter some notes. This is required to publish your Recipe.


Scroll down at the bottom and click Publish Recipe


Voila! Your Recipe is now published.


Now every time you change your FB profile pic,


your Twitter profile pic will also update automatically.


3. You can also check if the Recipe is working


4. Check the log files (history of the Recipe)


or5. Delete the Recipe


You will be asked to confirm deletion


Click OK if you really want to delete it


That’s it!


You can now start adding more Recipes


to automate your online tasks


and become more productive in life.


Have fun exploring the many ways IFTTT automation has to offer


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