URL upload error: 403 Forbidden

[swissphotos]

Can I include images I already have on my website in a folder other than the coppermine one? I tried giving the URL of an image folder and got the message

URI/URL Uploads:   File Name/URLError Message1. http://www.wakeman.ch/patchwork/img/403 Forbidden

the debugging option gives the messages
Warning: fopen(http://www.wakeman.ch/patchwork/img/): failed to open stream: HTTP request failed! HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden in /home/www/web507/html/cpg133/upload.php on line 1359

and in the box

USER:
------------------
Array
(
    [ID] => e16186241f1d9cd6b653fb3791496209
    [am] => 1
)

==========================
USER DATA:
------------------
Array
(
    [user_id] => 1
    [user_group] => 1
    [user_active] => YES
    [user_name] => web507
    [user_password] => ********
    [user_lastvisit] => 2005-11-01 15:36:27
    [user_regdate] => 2005-10-27 11:31:19
    [user_group_list] =>
    [user_email] =>
    [user_website] =>
    [user_location] =>
    [user_interests] =>
    [user_occupation] =>
    [user_actkey] =>
    [disk_max] => 1024
    [disk_min] => 1024
    [can_rate_pictures] => 1
    [can_send_ecards] => 1
    [ufc_max] => 3
    [ufc_min] => 3
    [custom_user_upload] => 0
    [num_file_upload] => 5
    [num_URI_upload] => 3
    [can_post_comments] => 1
    [can_upload_pictures] => 1
    [can_create_albums] => 1
    [has_admin_access] => 1
    [pub_upl_need_approval] => 0
    [priv_upl_need_approval] => 0
    [group_name] => Administrators
    [upload_form_config] => 3
    [group_quota] => 1024
    [can_see_all_albums] => 1
    [group_id] => 1
    [groups] => Array
        (
            [1] => 1
        )

)

==========================
Queries:
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Array
(
   

• => SELECT extension, mime, content FROM cpg133_filetypes;
      [1] => SELECT * FROM cpg133_users WHERE user_id='1'AND user_active = 'YES' AND user_password != '' AND BINARY MD5(user_password) = '7339fada8dbde001c158cc1b30846d56'
      [2] => SELECT MAX(group_quota) as disk_max, MIN(group_quota) as disk_min, MAX(can_rate_pictures) as can_rate_pictures, MAX(can_send_ecards) as can_send_ecards, MAX(upload_form_config) as ufc_max, MIN(upload_form_config) as ufc_min, MAX(custom_user_upload) as custom_user_upload, MAX(num_file_upload) as num_file_upload, MAX(num_URI_upload) as num_URI_upload, MAX(can_post_comments) as can_post_comments, MAX(can_upload_pictures) as can_upload_pictures, MAX(can_create_albums) as can_create_albums, MAX(has_admin_access) as has_admin_access, MIN(pub_upl_need_approval) as pub_upl_need_approval, MIN( priv_upl_need_approval) as  priv_upl_need_approval FROM cpg133_usergroups WHERE group_id in (1)
      [3] => SELECT group_name FROM  cpg133_usergroups WHERE group_id= 1
      [4] => DELETE FROM cpg133_banned WHERE expiry < '2005-11-01 16:17:56'
      [5] => SELECT * FROM cpg133_banned WHERE ip_addr='194.230.207.148' OR ip_addr='194.230.207.148' OR user_id=1
      [6] => SELECT aid, title FROM cpg133_albums WHERE category < 10000 ORDER BY title
      [7] => SELECT aid, title FROM cpg133_albums WHERE category='10001' ORDER BY title
  )
  
  ==========================
  GET :
  ------------------
  Array
  (
  )
  
  ==========================
  POST :
  ------------------
  Array
  (
      [URI_array] => Array
          (
             
• => http://www.wakeman.ch/patchwork/img/
              [1] =>
              [2] =>
          )
  
      [control] => phase_1
  )
  
  ==========================
  VERSION INFO :
  ------------------
  PHP version: 4.3.11 - OK
  ------------------
  mySQL version: 4.0.17-log
  ------------------
  Coppermine version: 1.3.3
  ==========================
  Module: gd
  ------------------
  GD Support enabled
  GD Version 2.0 or higher
  FreeType Support enabled
  FreeType Linkage with freetype
  JPG Support enabled
  PNG Support enabled
  WBMP Support enabled
  ==========================
  Module: mysql
  ------------------
  Active Persistent Links 0
  Active Links 1
  Client API version 4.0.17
  MYSQL_MODULE_TYPE external
  MYSQL_SOCKET /tmp/mysql.sock
  MYSQL_INCLUDE -I/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql
  MYSQL_LIBS -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient 
  ==========================
  Module: zlib
  ------------------
  ZLib Support enabled
  Compiled Version 1.1.4
  Linked Version 1.1.4
  ==========================
  Server restrictions (safe mode)?
  ------------------
  Directive | Local Value | Master Value
  safe_mode | On | On
  safe_mode_exec_dir | /home/www/empty/ | no value
  safe_mode_gid | Off | Off
  safe_mode_include_dir | no value | no value
  safe_mode_exec_dir | /home/www/empty/ | no value
  sql.safe_mode | Off | Off
  disable_functions | show_source | show_source
  file_uploads | On | On
  include_path | . | .:/usr/local/php-4.3.11/lib/php
  open_basedir | /home/www/web507/html/:/home/www/web507/phptmp/:/home/www/web507/files/:/home/www/web507/atd/ | no value
  ==========================
  email
  ------------------
  Directive | Local Value | Master Value
  sendmail_from | me@localhost.com | me@localhost.com
  sendmail_path | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i  | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
  SMTP | localhost | localhost
  smtp_port | 25 | 25
  ==========================
  Size and Time
  ------------------
  Directive | Local Value | Master Value
  max_execution_time | 30 | 30
  max_input_time | 60 | 60
  upload_max_filesize | 2M | 2M
  post_max_size | 8M | 8M
  ==========================
  Page generated in 0.039 seconds - 8 queries in 0.002 seconds - Album set :
  
  Thanks. I did try finding a relevant post and was not successful...

[Nibbler]

URL uploading is to copy files from other websites into Coppermine, you can't just hotlink them. Entering a directory won't work anyway, you have to specify an actual file.

[swissphotos]

So the only way to have photos on my website indexed with coppermine is to put them in a coppermine sub-folder?