How do I do that? I did this already from that guide I posted :
"Enable Boot to Desktop/Scratch:
You only want to do this, if you need to setup Wi-fi.
To enable desktop mode, Hit Enter. Use arrow keys to select "Desktop Log in as user ‘pi’ at the graphical deskto"p.
Press Enter - you do not need to select . Just press Enter.
Some codes will briefly run on the screen, and you are returned to the raspi-config menu."
Well I am in the middle of a 9 hour print right now to check things out, but try logging in using putty and do a ‘startx’ and see what it gives you for any errors. You may need to use ‘sudo’ in front of it, if it will not work without being root to start the window manager program.
Chrome remote desktop is a good option to access your home pc while away. You install an extension in Chrome on the computer you want to access and an app on your Android phone. Not sure if they have an app for IOS.
If you were able to assign an static IP, then its really not necessary to access the RPi via VNC… unless you’re doing other stuff on it. The graphical desktop is going to be a problem with the nightly Octopi image. They are using the “jessie-lite” image which I read doesn’t have the graphical desktop.
So you’re pretty much up and running. Congrats!
I have never used the local console for anything. Assigned a static IP with the DHCP server and use the web interface for everything else.
For remote access I use a VPN to a server on my network. There are a lot of options, but I don’t recommend exposing it directly with a port forward.
Great, thanks for all of your help guys! 
If anyone has any trouble setting up Octopi on a Pi 3 and has some questions about that guide I followed let me know! There were definitely some inconsistencies I had to figure out on my own haha.
is there a guide on how to set up the raspberry pi3 with the lulzbot mini? im a new user and would really enjoy wireless connectivity/ monitoring.
This is the best guide I have found.
The kit I bought was CanaKit Raspberry Pi 3 with clear case & 2.5A power supply. It’s very similar to what kcchen_00 linked to, but with the addition of a clear case (yeah, I know I could have printed one, but it is a nice case).
You want a GOOD quality micro SD card. I use Sandisk Ultra or Sandisk Ultra Plus (not really much difference between the two). There are other good brands (one of which was already linked to here). I use a 32GB microSD, which is overkill size-wise.
I run OctoPrint on the mini by installing OctoPi (an SD image of OctoPrint tweaked for use on the Raspberry Pi). The current official release (which as of April 3, 2017 is OctoPi 0.13) is available at http://octoprint.org/download/. Version 0.14 has been in the works for quite some time. They now have OctoPi 0.14rc1 (release candidate 1), which I have recently switched to. I like a lot of the improvements they have in this, and so far seems very stable.
OctoPi allows adding plug-ins. My favorite is “Full-Featured Slicer” which adds some slicer control options if you will be slicing on the Pi (some folks slice on their main computer and just send the g-code to OctoPrint). With that slicer plugin, I don’t really need to slice on my computer for most prints (this has proven handy in a classroom full of 5 & 6th grade kids who are running TinkerCad on their ChromeBooks).
One of the best video series I have found for setting up OctoPi is 3D Printing - OctoPrint Series by Joe Mike Terranella. It takes you from the initial setup through some fairly advanced configurations.
OctoPi ships with a stripped-down version of the operating system known as Raspian-Jessie-Lite. As mentioned earlier, there is no “desktop” or GUI, but once you are set up, that doesn’t matter, since you are accessing OctoPrint via a web browser running on your computer. It’s tempting to add the desktop/GUI back in (and the OctoPi 0.14rc1 includes a script to do so with no muss or fuss). However, running the GUI takes resources which could otherwise be devoted to running your printer. The more you load up the Pi with other tasks, the greater the chance you will starve the printer for “attention” and introduce artifacts in your prints. I’ve also found that if you use a USB camera to monitor the print progress in OctoPi, the video stream is much better when running on the “lite” version of the OS.
A last tip: If you need to use your 3D printer in different locations, and aren’t sure of your access to a WiFi network, Kenneth Jiang, one of the contributors to OctoPi has come up with a neat set-up: OctoPi will look for any known WiFi networks (adding to the known list is very easy). If it finds one that is on its known list of SSIDs, it will log on. If not, it will create it’s own WiFi hotspot which you can then log onto with your computer (or smartphone/tablet) and run the printer that way. It’s a pretty neat set up. I’ve been helping him troubleshoot it (he’s the brains, I’m the Noob who is good at breaking things). You can find instructions for setting this up here: Painless Wi-Fi for OctoPrint