diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 *.tmp
 *.bak
-*.js
-*.html
 Releases/
 img/*
 !img/*.png
diff --git a/nls/de/strings.js b/nls/de/strings.js
new file mode 100644
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/nls/de/strings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
+*
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+*
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+*
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+* DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*
+*/
+
+/*jslint vars: true, plusplus: true, devel: true, nomen: true, indent: 4, maxerr: 50 */
+/*global define */
+
+define({
+    // menu
+    "INSERT_HTML_ELEMENTS" : "HTML Elemente einfügen…",
+
+    // mainDialog
+    "DIALOG_TITLE" : "HTML Skeleton",
+    "DIALOG_EXTENSION_DESCRIPTION" : "HTML Skeleton erlaubt Ihnen, verschiedene HTML-Elemente schnell und einfach in Ihr Dokument einzufügen.",
+    "USAGE" : "Benutzung",
+    "PLACE_CURSOR" : "Platzieren Sie den Cursor dort, wo die Elemente platziert werden sollen.",
+    "SELECT_ELEMENTS" : "Wählen Sie die benötigten Elemente aus.",
+    "CLICK_DONE" : "Klicken Sie auf 'Fertig' und die HTML-Elemente werden in Ihr Dokument eingefügt.",
+    "ELEMENTS" : "Elemente",
+    "HEAD_AND_BODY" : "Head- und Bodytag mit <title> und <meta>",
+    "EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET" : "externes Stylesheet",
+    "INLINE_STYLESHEET" : "Inline-Stylesheet",
+    "EXTERNAL_SCRIPT" : "externes Script",
+    "INLINE_SCRIPT" : "Inline-Script",
+    "PICTURE_IMAGE" : "Grafik/Bild",
+    "WIDTH" : "Breite",
+    "HEIGHT"  : "Höhe",
+    "FULL_SKELETON" : "Komplettes HTML Grundgerüst",
+    "FULL_SKELETON_DESCRIPTION" : "Enthält alle obigen Elemente, außer Inline-Stylesheet, Inline-Script und Grafik/Bild",
+    "BTN_CANCEL" : "Abbrechen",
+    "BTN_DONE" : "Fertig",
+});
diff --git a/nls/root/strings.js b/nls/root/strings.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ec3b2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nls/root/strings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
+*
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+*
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+*
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+* DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*
+*/
+
+/*jslint vars: true, plusplus: true, devel: true, nomen: true, indent: 4, maxerr: 50 */
+/*global define */
+
+define({
+    // menu
+    "INSERT_HTML_ELEMENTS" : "Insert HTML elements…",
+
+    // mainDialog
+    "DIALOG_TITLE" : "HTML Skeleton",
+    "DIALOG_EXTENSION_DESCRIPTION" : "",
+    "USAGE" : "Usage",
+    "PLACE_CURSOR" : "Place your cursor where you want the elements to be added.",
+    "SELECT_ELEMENTS" : "Select the elements you desire",
+    "CLICK_DONE" : "Click Done and the HTML elements will be added to your document!",
+    "ELEMENTS" : "Elements",
+    "HEAD_AND_BODY" : "Head and Body with <title> and <meta>",
+    "EXTERNAL_STYLESHEET" : "External Stylesheet",
+    "INLINE_STYLESHEET" : "Inline Stylesheet",
+    "EXTERNAL_SCRIPT" : "External Script",
+    "INLINE_SCRIPT" : "Inline Script",
+    "PICTURE_IMAGE" : "Picture/Image",
+    "WIDTH" : "Width",
+    "HEIGHT"  : "Height",
+    "FULL_SKELETON" : "Full HTML skeleton",
+    "FULL_SKELETON_DESCRIPTION" : "Includes all elements above except inline stylesheet, inline script, and image",
+    "BTN_CANCEL" : "Cancel",
+    "BTN_DONE" : "Done",
+});
diff --git a/nls/strings.js b/nls/strings.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d432475
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nls/strings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
+*
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+*
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+*
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+* DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*
+*/
+
+/*jslint vars: true, plusplus: true, devel: true, nomen: true, indent: 4, maxerr: 50 */
+/*global define */
+
+define(function (require, exports, module) {
+
+    'use strict';
+
+    // Code that needs to display user strings should call require("strings") to load
+    // strings.js. This file will dynamically load strings.js for the specified by bracketes.locale.
+    //
+    // Translations for other locales should be placed in nls/<locale<optional country code>>/strings.js
+    // Localization is provided via the i18n plugin.
+    // All other bundles for languages need to add a prefix to the exports below so i18n can find them.
+    // TODO: dynamically populate the local prefix list below?
+    module.exports = {
+        root : true,
+        "de": true
+    };
+});
diff --git a/strings.js b/strings.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4fd377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/strings.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+* Copyright (c) 2012 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
+*
+* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+* copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+* to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+* the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+* and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+* Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+*
+* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+*
+* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+* FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+* DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+*
+*/
+
+/*jslint vars: true, plusplus: true, devel: true, nomen: true, indent: 4, maxerr: 50 */
+/*global define */
+
+/**
+* This file provides the interface to user visible strings in Brackets. Code that needs
+* to display strings should should load this module by calling var Strings = require("strings").
+* The i18n plugin will dynamically load the strings for the right locale and populate
+* the exports variable. See src\nls\strings.js for the master file of English strings.
+*/
+define(function (require, exports, module) {
+    "use strict";
+
+    module.exports = require("i18n!nls/strings");
+
+});