Kanaka for Mac Finder Manipulation

Question

Hello,
We've been testing the possible implementation of Novell Kanaka for Mac in our public lab based environments. Right now we're only testing on a couple iMacs running 10.9.4 Mavericks and we're running OES 11 SP2 and Kanaka version 2.8.0. The setup and connection was easy enough and we've tested out a few different settings with different results. My main concern is the Finder sidebar.
The folder structure of a basic account is basically:
User
> Documents
> Pictures
> Movies
> Music
> Library
> Desktop
> Downloads
On the flip side we have our eDirectory folder structure:
User
> Desktop
> My Documents
--> Downloads
--> My Pictures
--> My Videos
Currently the only folder to map is the desktop because they have the same name and they're both at the same level. From there it breaks down because nothing else lines up. When the user navigates through the Finder the folders like Pictures, Movies, Downloads, Documents are empty. If I go to the Home icon in Finder I can see all the network folders but I'd like to minimize panic.
I found a preference file for the Finder sidebar but I'm not sure I understand how to manipulate that and have the changes reflected in the sidebar itself. It would be nice if Documents actually pointed to My Documents and Downloads point for My Documents > Downloads.
The other tricky part is Mobile Accounts is turned off to allow the eDirectory folders to appear on the Mac the way they do but the accounts are not saved to the Mac so after logout you wouldn't know that person logged in. To further the complications, I'm not 100% sure where the initial preference files are coming from. I've played around with the User Template files and through my testing I found that those changes only appeared when Mobile Accounts was turned on and Synchronization was turned on. In addition, the folder from the Mac file structure are synced onto the User's eDirectory account so none of those folders exist on their account until they login, then their eDirectory accounts look like this:
User
> Desktop
> Documents
> Pictures
> Movies
> Music
> Library
> Downloads
> My Documents
--> Downloads
--> My Pictures
--> My Videos
(personally, I think restructuring the user's eDirectory would solve my problem but that's not my call and I'm just frustrated)
So to sum this up. How can I manipulate the Finder sidebar so it sounds to other locations when the user logs in? If I have to make a Library folder with that single preference file on their eDirectory then I'll do it!

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