Mac OS X, windows and FreeNAS sharing folders

I just setup FreeNAS. I want to have all our documents and pictures to reside on that. This way I wont have two different copies of any certain file. It is relatively easy to have the 'My Documents' folder from my windows notebook point to the Network drive. However, I have not been able to figure out how to do this in Mac. Note- I do not want to move my entire home folder to the network, just - Documents and pictures.
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Copy the /Home/Documents/ folder to the NAS drive. That drive needs to support AFP or you may run into filename problems and/or other file related problems due to filesystem differences.
Once the folder has been moved to the NAS select the folder on the NAS and CTRL- or RIGHT-click. Select Make Alias from the drop down menu. You should now have an alias named "Documents alias." On the Mac put the /Home/Documents/ folder in the Trash but don't delete it. Copy the alias file from the NAS to the /Home/ folder. Rename it to simply "Documents." Double-click on it to be sure it opens the folder on the NAS. If so you can empty the Trash. You're done.

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