Unable to change anything after moving the cms directory

[chromis]

I still do not understand why the files need CHMOD’ing after being moved,

Depends on how the file is moved.
Downloading the files to a computer and then uploading them to a new location would erase their permissions.

I must have done this like that. From now on I will use filezilla instead of ssh-shell as my ftp program. This doesn't seem to mess with the permissions like ssh-shell does