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What is Tassos Marinos?

Tassos Marinos is a Joomla extension developer and web design/development company. Its site presents a suite of commercial Joomla add-ons that extend core Joomla functionality, particularly around forms, popups, structured data, and custom fields. The company says it has offered these products since 2014 and reports over 2.4 million downloads across seven products.

Its main extensions, based on the site’s own descriptions, are:

• Convert Forms — a contact form builder for contact, payment, registration, and calculator forms.
• EngageBox — a popup builder for smart popups, sticky bars, fullscreen messages, and floating buttons.
• Google Structured Data — a schema/structured data tool aimed at rich results and Joomla SEO.
• Advanced Custom Fields — a collection of custom fields to add information to articles and pages.
• Smile Pack, Code Snippets, and MailChimp Auto-Subscribe — additional tools listed in the product lineup.

The site also promotes a single bundle plan that gives access to all current extensions plus future ones, and it points to documentation, a blog, services, and programs for translators and nonprofits.

A practical next step: if you run a Joomla site and need one of these specific capabilities, compare the individual extension pages against your actual use case. For example, a membership site that needs registration and payment forms would look at Convert Forms, while a content site focused on search visibility would look at Google Structured Data. If you expect to need more than one tool, the bundle is the more efficient route to evaluate.

Which Tassos Marinos extension should I choose for building a contact form on my Joomla site?

Choose Convert Forms. It is the extension Tassos Marinos positions specifically as its Joomla form builder, and the one built for contact forms, payment forms, registration forms and calculator forms.

Why it fits a contact form project

• A dedicated form builder rather than a general-purpose add-on, so form creation is the core workflow.
• The product page lists contact forms first among its use cases, alongside payment, registration and calculator forms.
• It is one of the developer's flagship products, with a large review base and a high JED ranking shown on the homepage.

When another extension makes more sense

EngageBox and MailChimp Auto-Subscribe can complement a contact form if your goal is list growth rather than enquiries, but neither replaces a form builder.

Next step

Check Convert Forms' own documentation for field types, spam protection and submission handling, then confirm it matches your Joomla version. If you expect to need popups or custom fields later, the developer's bundle gives access to all extensions under one plan, which can be cheaper than buying separately. Compare that against buying only Convert Forms if your needs are narrow.

For background on Joomla itself, see Joomla.

How does the Tassos Marinos bundle plan compare to buying individual Joomla extensions?

The bundle is a single subscription that unlocks every current extension in the Tassos Marinos catalogue plus future releases, whereas buying individually means paying per extension and only receiving updates for the ones you own. For anyone who needs two or more of these tools on the same site, the bundle is usually the simpler and cheaper route; for a site that needs exactly one, a single-extension licence is the more proportionate choice.

What each option actually covers

Bundle plan (one price, full access)

• All extensions listed on the site: Convert Forms, EngageBox, Google Structured Data, Advanced Custom Fields, Code Snippets, Smile Pack and MailChimp Auto-Subscribe.
• Any new extension released while your subscription is active.
• One renewal cycle and one place to manage downloads, rather than separate licence keys per product.

Individual extensions

• You pay only for the tool you need, e.g. Convert Forms for contact, payment, registration and calculator forms, or EngageBox for popups, sticky bars and floating buttons.
• Updates and support apply to that product alone.
• Adding a second or third extension later means a second or third purchase.

How to decide

A concrete example

A small business building a Joomla site typically wants a contact form, a newsletter signup popup and structured data for search results. That is three separate products — Convert Forms, EngageBox and Google Structured Data. Bought individually, that is three purchases to track and renew; under the bundle it is one. A blogger who only wants richer search listings can reasonably start with Google Structured Data alone and ignore the rest.

Practical checks before you choose

• Count how many of the seven products you would genuinely install, not just find appealing.
• Check whether you run more than one Joomla site, since bundle value scales with site count.
• Confirm what happens to your sites if you stop renewing — extensions generally keep working but lose updates and support, which matters most for anything handling payments or personal data.
• Look at the extensions' ratings and JED positions on the site as a rough signal of maturity, but treat marketing rankings as marketing.

Next step: list the extensions you would use in the next twelve months, then compare that list against the current bundle price on Tassos Marinos. If the list has two or more entries, the bundle is the decision to make.

How do I use Google Structured Data to improve my Joomla site's SEO with rich results?

Google Structured Data is a Joomla extension for adding schema markup to your pages so search engines can display rich results — review stars, FAQ accordions, breadcrumbs, product prices and similar enhancements in search listings. Instead of hand-editing JSON-LD into template overrides, you choose a content type, fill in the relevant fields and the extension outputs the structured data for that page.

Tassos Marinos lists it as its SEO-focused product within a suite of Joomla extensions, alongside Convert Forms, EngageBox and Advanced Custom Fields.

A practical workflow

1. Pick the page type that matches the content. A product page, a how-to article, an FAQ page and a local business homepage each map to different schema types. Marking up a blog post as a Product will not earn you the result you want.
2. Fill in fields that are actually visible on the page. Review ratings, prices, author names and dates should match what a visitor sees. Mismatches are the most common reason markup gets ignored.
3. Test before you rely on it. Run a representative URL through Google's Rich Results Test and the Schema Markup Validator. Fix errors, then check Search Console's enhancement reports after Google recrawls.
4. Apply markup site-wide where it is uniform — organisation details, breadcrumbs, site search — and per-article where it is specific, such as FAQs or reviews.

What it realistically changes

Who benefits most

Site owners running Joomla who publish reviewable or listable content: product catalogues, service pages, recipe or tutorial sites, event listings, and organisations wanting consistent business information across pages. If your site is a small brochure with no reviewable content, the payoff is limited to breadcrumbs and organisation data.

A sensible first step: choose your three highest-traffic page types, add markup for one of them, and compare click-through rate in Search Console over the following month before rolling it out further. For Joomla users weighing alternatives, the Joomla Extensions Directory is the standard place to compare schema and SEO extensions, and Google's own Search Central documentation defines which rich result types currently exist — check that list before building markup for a type Google has retired.

Can I create popups and sticky bars for my Joomla site without coding using EngageBox?

Yes. EngageBox is presented as a Joomla popup builder aimed at creating popups, sticky bars, fullscreen messages and floating buttons without writing code. The page describes it as the "#1 Joomla Popup Builder Extension," with a 5.0 rating from 576 reviews and a #6 listing on JED, so it is a mature, widely used option rather than a niche add-on.

What you can build without coding

• Popups — modal or overlay messages for announcements, offers, or subscription prompts.
• Sticky bars — persistent bars that stay visible as visitors scroll, useful for promotions or cookie-style notices.
• Fullscreen messages — takeover-style content for major announcements.
• Floating buttons — always-accessible buttons for contact, chat, or calls to action.

How the no-code workflow typically looks

1. Install the extension on your Joomla site.
2. Choose a popup or bar type from the built-in options.
3. Design the content and appearance using the visual builder.
4. Set display rules — which pages, devices, or visitor behaviour trigger it.
5. Publish and adjust based on results.

Practical considerations

• Overuse is the main risk. Multiple popups and sticky bars on the same page can frustrate visitors and hurt engagement. Start with one goal per page.
• Mobile behaviour matters. Fullscreen messages and floating buttons can crowd small screens, so test on phones before publishing.
• Timing and targeting decide success. A popup that fires immediately often performs worse than one triggered by exit intent or scroll depth.

A sensible next step

If you also need forms, the same developer offers Convert Forms, and the site sells a bundle giving access to all extensions plus future ones. For a site that only needs popups, evaluate EngageBox on its own; for a site needing forms, popups and structured data together, the bundle may be more economical. Check the official documentation and demo before committing, and confirm current pricing and licence terms on the site itself.

Related tools from other vendors worth comparing include Joomla for core extension listings and Regular Labs for Joomla add-ons.

How do I set up the MailChimp Auto-Subscribe extension to grow my Joomla email list?

Set up MailChimp Auto-Subscribe by connecting your MailChimp account, mapping the fields you already collect in Joomla to your MailChimp audience, and then choosing where the subscription happens: during registration, at checkout, or inside a form. The goal is to add subscribers without adding a second, disconnected signup step.

A practical setup sequence

1. Connect the account. In the extension's settings, add your MailChimp API key and select the target audience and any groups or tags you use.
2. Map the fields. Match Joomla user fields (name, email, and any custom fields) to MailChimp merge fields. Unmapped fields simply won't be sent.
3. Choose the trigger. Decide whether people are subscribed when they create an account, when they submit a form, or when they explicitly tick a consent box.
4. Decide double opt-in vs. single opt-in. Double opt-in sends a confirmation email and produces a cleaner, more engaged list; single opt-in grows the list faster but risks more bounces and complaints.
5. Test with a real address. Register a test account or submit a test form, then confirm the contact appears in MailChimp with the right tags and fields.
6. Check consent wording. The checkbox label and privacy notice should state clearly what someone is signing up for.

Where it fits in a Joomla stack

These are the extensions described on Tassos Marinos, where the bundle is positioned as one plan covering all current and future extensions. That matters if you expect to combine forms, popups and subscription logic rather than run one tool alone.

A concrete scenario

A membership site wants new registrants added to a "New Members" audience segment. You map the Joomla email and name fields, set the trigger to account creation, apply a "member" tag, and enable double opt-in. New registrants get a confirmation email; those who confirm land in the tagged segment and can receive a welcome sequence. Visitors who only use a popup signup form go into a separate "Newsletter" segment, so the two groups can be messaged differently.

Decision criteria

• If you need signups from many different forms and pages, prioritise flexible field mapping over a single built-in signup module.
• If list quality matters more than list size, enable double opt-in.
• If you already run Convert Forms and EngageBox, check whether subscription can be triggered from those existing touchpoints before adding another plugin.
• If you sell access or memberships, confirm how unsubscribes and deleted accounts are handled so your Joomla users and MailChimp contacts stay in sync.

Next step: open the extension's documentation page from the site's Resources menu and follow the version-specific setup steps, since field mapping screens and trigger options differ between releases.