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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How To Automate Your Online Tasks Using IFTTT

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