Ubuntu: Make your apache2 www accessible

You are going to need write access to /var/www, which

sudo adduser LOGIN_ID www-data
sudo chmod g+rwX -R /var/www

will establish. Next thing would be to create a shortcut in your home directory:

sudo ln -s /var/www /home/LOGIN_ID/

After connecting with the FTP server you should now see the www folder alongside the Desktop folder.