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I modified CiteThis! with the following features this weekend:

• Added a citation list box, where you can queue all your citations.
• Removed the custom citation box from the preferences pane (it was not of use anymore)
• Fixed APA citation format to include last accessed date.
• Added some handling of author/titles:
  • If title includes the host name of the site such as “news blah blah – CNN”, then the host name will be removed from the title.
  • If the author ends with any special characters, they will be removed
  • If author contains AP, or Associated Press, that will be stripped.
• Author determination:
  • Added handling of some common author classes, like when an element has a class called “byline” or “author”
• Site-specific handling
  • Added handling of some more sites: ABCNews, Fox, CNet, Yahoo News

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7972

I made an update at the request of someone who e-mailed me.  This post describes this version:

• Custom citation formatting broken! (Will be addressed in next update.)
• Added variable citations depending on what fields are specified
• Added custom date formatting based on datejs
• Added custom handling of Wikipedia citations

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7972

I updated my CiteThis! Firefox Extension with a few of the following features:
Several updates including:

• Created preferences pane to allow selection of different reference styles
• Provided option for a customized citation string
• Implement some automatic author discovery for the page
• Improved performance by avoiding updates when hidden

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7972

This extension will add a bar below the status bar that you may use to assist you in citing the web page you are on. There are other extensions which are more full featured, but this is plain and simple for many needs.

You can find the Mozilla page for this add-on at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/7972.