I just figured out that my copy of notepad++ was way out of date, and so I found out that the current version supports ftp! Now I can edit my website directly from the server. The only problem with that is that I do all my editing from the website, since my website is all wordpress driven.

download notepad++ here

once it is installed, just click the third icon from the right (a folder with a chain like thing on it), and then on the side bar, click on the gear. click new, rename the site, and just fill out all your server details.

Simple as that, just connect, double click the file you want to edit, and after notepadd++ downloads the file, you just edit it, and when you save it, it goes directly back to your web server!