how to use ifttt (if this then that)
DESCRIPTION
This is a step-by-step tutorial on how to use IFTTT.TRANSCRIPT
How to Use
“Put the internet to work for you”
Open your browser
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Go to www.ifttt.com
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Click “Join IFTTT”
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Enter your details here
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Username
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And Password
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Re-enter your password
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Click ‘Create account”
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And your done!
Account created.
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This will appear
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It tells you things
about IFTTT
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What is IFTTT
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Its parts
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And how it works
At the bottom
click
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“Create your first Recipe”
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To create a recipe
just follow this
simple statement
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I want to do this
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do that
Example
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Lets say you want
pictures tagged to you
on Facebook
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Be automatically sent
and saved to your
Dropbox
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Just do these simple
seven steps
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Step 1
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Choose your trigger channel
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In this case I add Facebook as a
trigger channel
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This will appear
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Click “Activate”
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If you're not log in this will
appear
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Enter your log in details here
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Click Log In
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Click Install
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Choose what permissions to
allow
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Just click on the “X”
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On the permissions
you don’t want to
allow
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Or you may choose to
allow all
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Click “Allow All”
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Or
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Allow none
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Just click “Allow None”
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Click done
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And your done!
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Click “Continue to the next
step”
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Step 2
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Choose what
function you want to
create
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In this case I chose “ You are
tagged in a photo”
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Step 3
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Click “Create Trigger”
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This will appear
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You are now done with “this”
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Step 4
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Choose your channel
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In this case I chose “Dropbox”
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Click “Activate”
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Click “Allow”
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Click “Done”
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Click “Continue to the next
step”
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And your done with
Step 4
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Step 5
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Choose what action
you want Dropbox to do
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In this case I chose “Add file
from URL”
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Step 6
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Choose what
data/ingredient to
include from the
trigger
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Just click on the dropdown
arrow here
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You can choose to
add
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“Uploaded by”
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To add the full name of
the user
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who uploaded the
photo
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“FB Photo URL”
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To add link to the
photo’s Facebook page
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“Photo Small URL”
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To add the URL to the
small version of the
photo
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“Photo source URL”
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To add the URL to the
full sized version of the
photo
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“Photo Caption”
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To add the photo’s
caption
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“Uploaded Date”
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To add the date and
time when the photo
was uploaded
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You can add more than one
“ingredient” in your trigger
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Type in your “File name”
here
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Click “Create Action”
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And you are done with “that”
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Step 7
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Add a description to your
“recipe”
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Click “Create Recipe”
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And you're done!
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Your “Recipe” is now created
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With this recipe every
photo that was tagged
to you
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On Facebook
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Will now be
automatically sent
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And saved to your
Dropbox folder
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Click here to
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Turn your recipe on
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Delete your recipe
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Share your recipe with
others
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Put your title here
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Type in your recipe notes,
instructions or story here
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Click “Share Recipe”
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And your recipe is
shared
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Or edit, check or view your
recipe’s log here
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You can also browse
other people’s recipe
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Just click ‘Shared”
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And click “Browse more
Recipes”
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There are plenty of shared
readily available recipes
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To choose from
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That might be similar to what
you want to make/use
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Or you can search for
a specific recipe
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Just type in what you want here
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Let say “photos”
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Any recipe related to
photos
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Will show up for you
to choose from
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Photo saving recipes like
“Facebook to Dropbox”
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Sharing photos recipe like “Share
every IG photos to FB wall”
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You can also filter
specific program/s
that you want
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Just click on “Filter”
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This will appear
Let say we choose Instagram
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All recipes related to
Instagram regarding
photos will appear
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To narrow your search
you can choose to sort
it by
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“What’s hot”
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“New”
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And ‘Popular”
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To use a shared
recipe
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Just click on the
recipe that you like
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Let say this recipe “Save National
Geographic… to Dropbox”
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This will appear
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At the bottom click “Use
Recipe”
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And you're done!
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You can now use the
shared recipe
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And that’s it. The
basics of IFTTT. fin.
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“Motivation is what
gets you started. Habit
is what keeps you
going.” Jim Rohn
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