Sorry for all the messages.
Okay, so I figured out my issue. If any one else encounters the same issue -- every time I attempted to enter the FTP address into explorer, it would try to open the URL via Firefox. I am sure there might be a way to edit the setting causing that, but either way... If any one encounters that problem, there is an add-on:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/fireftp/ that allows you to upload to FTP servers using Firefox. It is pretty intuitively designed/straight forward as well.
lukeflyers is the file name. Thanks!