Everything fixed. For those who may need answers later...
1) Scp fixed this issue, whereas before I used wget. Not sure why. Still can't cd to some files, even though far as i can tell I should be able to, but the ones I was working in were accessible.
2) I couldn't get the management api landing page to pull the assets. it would only use the raw code in the landing page entry box. Instead, I made a portal in Evil portal...and copied all of the landing page files to the folder it made and removed the default template files EvilPortal makes when a portal is created. Activated and it worked fine.
Also, note to mod: I didn't realize before, this is Mk V section. I'm using a Nano, so I made this in the wrong section by accident.