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 Here's a link to their official website: https://ifttt.com/
+== Pros and Cons ==
+=== Pros ===
+* Very easy to get up it and running
+* Great integration with Slack, which can be used on any device and operating system
+* Very reliable
+* Provides a solution to having to use different apps for your different devices
+=== Cons ===
+* Sometimes it may take up to 1 hour for the applets to refresh the Web Feed and send a push notification
+== What it does and how to use it ==
+=== Description ===
+IFTTT offers some great integrations with certain apps that can be of use to us, one of them being Slack. Slack is a messaging program available on all platforms.
+How we can make use of it is to track RSS Feed updates is by using IFTTTT's integration to send a message to us on Slack when the RSS Feed is updated.
+=== How to use it ===
+# Go to Slack's website - [https://slack.com/ click here] - and create a free account
+# Download Slack for the operating system that you are using by searching on Google, ( example "Slack for Windows" ) or by clicking the links here according to the operating system that you are using : [https://slack.com/downloads/windows Windows] , [https://slack.com/downloads/mac MacOS] , [https://slack.com/downloads/linux Linux] . In case you are using a smartphone, search for " Slack " on your App Store or Google Play and download it.
+# Create a workspace ( mandatory ). Once you are logged in, you will have to answer 3 questions: Company name ( can be anything ), Add teammates ( click on "Skip this step" ) and Workspace name ( example : InvestmentWikiWatchlist).
+# Go to IFTTT's website: https://ifttt.com/ and click on " Start today ", then create your account. After that they will ask you the operating system that you are using and just click on anything. To do same when asked about a category, by clicking on one and pressing "Continue" . You will get a screen saying "Start your free trial", just press " Not now " . Skip the next step too. You've finished setting up your IFTTT account.
+# Go to IFTTT's Slack extension: [https://ifttt.com/applets/NEqyVa2x-post-to-a-channel-when-new-articles-appear-in-the-rss-feed-you-choose click here] , and after making sure you are logged in ( check top-right corner ), click on "Connect". Click "Allow" on the page that popped up.
+# [[File:Atom location.jpg|thumb|Here you can find Atom, which you have to click to get your Feed's URL]]Add the RSS Feed URL for the feed you want to keep up to date with. For our purposes we will go the Watchlist from our InvestmentWiki account by clicking on it in the top-right corner of the page ( you can do that from any article or from the [[Main Page]] . When looking at your watchlist, on the left-side you can see the text " Atom " next to an icon ( picture attached ) . Now that you've clicked on Atom you will be faced with a very weird page full of code. All you have to do is copy the URL ( the page's address ).
+# Return to step 5 if you closed the IFTTT window. Now add the Feed's URL and scroll down to "Select a channel" and select "Direct messages". Now click "Save"
+# Now you're all good to go. You can download Slack on all your devices and start recieving push notifications for your Watchlist's article updates.