IFTTT Basic Tutorial

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How to Use

to Automate Social Media

Posting Selectively

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IFTTT stands for:

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How does

IFTTT

works?

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It Connects two channels

together seamlessly

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Using RECIPES

that include a TRIGGER

and an ACTION

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Let’s define the terms

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What are

RECIPES?

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It is a combination of a

TRIGGERAnd an

ACTION

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What are

TRIGGERS?

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It is the

This part

of a Recipe

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It gives signal

to IFTTT

when to run

the recipe

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What are

ACTIONS?

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It is the

That part

of the Recipe

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If the signal

of the

Trigger

is received

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IFTTT then

does the action

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Let’s begin the tutorial

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Open a browser

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Click on the Search bar

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Go to www.ifttt.com

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Click on

Sign up

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Fill in the

information

needed

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Type in your Email

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Type in your Password

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Click on Create account

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You will be

directed to

the

dashboard

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There is a brief

Presentation

of how it

works

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Click on This

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This will display

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Click on that

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This will display

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Click on Continue

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This is the Output

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Click on Continue

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These are some of the

services you will choose from

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Select

three

channels

to

continue

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Click on Continue

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These are the Recommended

Recipes

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These are the Do Recipes

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These are the If Recipes

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How do

I create a

Recipe?

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Click on My Recipe

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Click on Create a Recipe

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Click on This

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Triggers will be displayed

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And you have to

Accomplish

7 Steps

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Step 1 Choose a Trigger Channel

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Or use the Search box

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Let’s choose Instagram

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Click on Connect

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Instagram window will appear

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Log inYour Instagram

Account

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Click on Authorize

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Click on

Done

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Click on Continue to the next step

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Step 2 Choose a pre-

programmed Trigger

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Click on the Trigger you

chose

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Step 3 Click on CreateTrigger

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This is the result

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Click on that

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A pre-programmed

action will appear

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Step 4 Choose an Action Channel

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Or use the Search box

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Let’s choose Dropbox

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Click on Connect

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Dropbox

window will

appear

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Click on

Allow

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Click on

Done

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Click on Continue to the next step

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Step 5 Choose a

preprogrammed action

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Click on Create a link post

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Click on

Create Action

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Step 7 Create and Connect

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Click on Create Recipe

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This now the output

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The Recipe ID

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The Recipe Title

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Recipes can be turned On/Off

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You may want to Publish your

Recipe

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View Recipe Logs

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The Recipe Log

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You can Delete Recipes

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Now let’s see if it works

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I uploaded a photo on my

Instagram account

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The photo should then be

saved on my Dropbox

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Click on Check now

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Click on your Instagram

account name

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You will be redirected to your

Intagram Account Homepage

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The photo I posted

on my Instagram

Account

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Click on your Dropbox Account

name

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You will be redirected to your

Dropbox homepage

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Click on IFTTT Folder

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Click on Instagram Folder

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Click on the Photo

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The same photo I uploaded on my

Instagram Account is now saved on

my Dropbox

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You’re ready!

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Go ahead and explore

IFTTT. You can make

different Recipes for

personal or business use.

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