how to use ifttt to connect social networks
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HOW TO USE IFTTTIf This Then That
Go to www.ifttt.com
Click Sign Up to create an account.
Fill-up the details.
Enter your email.
Enter your password.
Click Create account.
These are the two parts of a recipe.
Recipe is what you call the formula
…that you use to connect networks,
…applications, iPhones, android
phones, emails and a whole lot more!
Now you can see different collections of
recipes.
Those are just a few to give you examples.
Scroll down below the collections you’ll find the recommended recipes,
…do recipes,
…and If recipes
…where you can choose from a wide
range of recipes.
On the other hand, scroll up
…and you’ll see helpful buttons for you.
Click My Recipes
…and you’ll see all the recipes you’ve
created.
Click Browse
…then go and search for published recipes
from collections.
Click Channels
…then create connections between
Channels.
As a sample, we will create a recipe.
Click My Recipes.
Click Create a Recipe.
Now click this.
Choose a Trigger Channel.
Type-in your channel
…or scroll down to search.
For this, we’ll use Facebook as trigger
channel.
Click the icon.
Every time you try to connect IFTTT…
…to other networks, you’ll be asked to
…log-in to your network accounts to
authorize IFTTT
…to use your account.
After logging-in, click Okay
Now choose to whom you want to share
…your IFTTT posts to.
Then click Okay.
Click Done.
Now choose a Trigger.
Click your chosen Trigger.
Click Create Trigger.
Click that.
Choose Action Channel.
Again, click the icon.
Log-in to Twitter.
Click Authorize App.
Click Done.
Both networks are now connected!
Choose an Action.
Type a Tweet Text,
…that IFTTT is going to post to Twitter
…whenever you have a new status update.
Click Create Action.
Check the Recipe Title.
Click Create Recipe.
The recipe we’ve created is now added
to My Recipe.
Click on the image…
…or the pencil icon
…to edit or delete the recipe.
Here you can see the Recipe ID
…and the Recipe Title.
Turn off the recipe
…when you want to stop from using it.
Publish your recipe
…to publicize it and be used by others.
Check now
…to check your recipes.
Log to check log items.
Delete to remove the recipe
Scroll down to see the message box
…where you have typed the Tweet text.
Click Update,
…if you wanted to change your tweet
text.
Let’s now try to post a status to Facebook.
Click Post.
Then let’s check my Twitter account.
Immediately after I’ve posted to Facebook, a Tweet text was sent to
my Twitter account.
Now go and save your time and effort! Make
your own Recipes!