In the past I could go to an item on e-bay and create a snipe from there. I have lost that ability. Now I have to copy the item number log in to this site and paste the item number in. It was so much more convenient the other way. What am I missing here or is this the way it is now. Please, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much. Mike

Mike, there is no need to send the same question several times. Either forum or direct support is enough to get your question addressed.
I prefer to keep forum if you think the answer would benefit to other users, and use direct support if your question contains some information you don't want to share on the public forum.

Here is a copy of the support ticket just in case if you missed so you don't need to search for it:

eBay is making some changes to their layout. It does not look like they are done. Once they are done, the Firefox add-on will be updated to reflect that.
Meanwhile, you can do Tools - Snipe it in the Firefox menu.