I don't know what dreamwevil is, but for ftp I put an address like this in my file manager (Konqueror, Nautilus):
ftp://username@222.333.444.555/www/
or this is the same thing
ftp://username@www.swerdna.net.au/www/
And the contents of my web server open before me like a rose in bloom!
I can edit the files in situ with my app (Quanta+) or drag and drop them to and from the desktop and edit them there.