Connection Problem! - PSSST Help

["randomdomain" <webforumsuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I noticed a few posts that look similar and this problem is also prevalent on 
the web... but I have yet to find a solution. So, here goes...

 I am currently attempting to use Contribute CS3 in order to manage/edit web 
pages. The connection type I am using is FTP (I have tried letting Contribute 
configure my connection and I have also manually configured with Passive).  I 
am able to get passed the initial FTP access test and I can connect to the 
server and see my files? but when the setup attempts to go through the final 
steps, connect to the root web folder of my choice, create a temp file on the 
server (apparently from what I have read, Contribute needs to create a temp 
file on the server) and run FTP diagnostics I get the error

 ?Contribute cannot verify your connection information.
 /randomdomain.com/
 Please contact your administrator for assistance?

 I have made sure that
 - I can hit my ftp site using dreamweaver and another ftp client (filezilla)
 - I have checked permissions of the ftp user and I have full read/write 
permissions on the server

 Help.

 Thanks!