When I setup mine I replaced the ‘localhost’ with the “Host Name” string below, yours will be different. I am hosting with GoDaddy and the info was on the details page of mysql database. It works great and have setup 3 sites. Hope it helps???
MySQL Database Information
Host Name:h53mysq538.secureserver.net
Database Name:stuwart
Database Version:5.0
Description:Stuwart
User Name:stuwart
