Contribute and files not linked to

Question

I'm preparing a site using DW8 and Contribute 3.11 which has
an .shtml page which incorporates a server-side included file
(another html page).
How does Contribute find this page to allow the user to edit
it? Do they just type in the address?
Presumably this kind of ssi issue is not a problem in the
same way as others might be?

Answer 1

Thanks Hillary,
That's very helpful. Other people warned me that editing
files without a 'head' was a problem in Contribute.
The non-linked stylesheet is not a problem to me as it's
purely text that's being edited (if it was, I guess I could use a
design-time stylesheet), though I note the downside that the
include files are completely editable by users. The only way to get
around this would be to use a separate cms system which would then
obviate using Contribute in the first place.
To me the problem with Contribute is that it's an
exclusive approach - you narrow down what people can edit
from everything to whatever they can. Other CMS systems (the
simpler ones at least) insert tags to say what you can edit. That
seems a much simpler procedure.
I think the way ahead is to use hosted CMS systems - so I've
dropped Contribute. I never was keen on something that had to be
installed on a client's computer anyway.
Thanks for your advice.