Hi again,
I’ve just been playing around with this and I’ve managed to boil your problem down a little more.
The thing is that scrollorama is assigning each of your scroll elements (sections) an absolute position which it uses for calculating where it has to scroll from and to.
If you remove this, then your scrolling breaks and you get your funny spacing back.
If the sections have an absolute position, then the accordions will always expand behind or on top of them, but not push them down.
To make an accordion expand on the top of its neighbouring section, add the following inline CSS to the section containing the accordion.
For example:
<section id="why-jo" class="page" style="overflow:visible; z-index:9999;">
So, there you have it.
I’ve made a minimal version for you which reproduces the problem, if you want to go ask in the CSS forum:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<title></title>
<!--<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://kurosagi.x10.mx/css/main.css">-->
<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/themes/base/jquery-ui.css" />
<style>
body {font-size: 62.5%; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.4; background:#fff;}
.page { display:block; width:100%; margin:0 auto; padding:0 0 85px 0; }
#why-jo { color:#fff; background:#3d3934; }
#about { background:#bbb641; }
#why-jo .row { width:746px; margin:0 auto; padding:0 84px; }
#about { color:#fff; }
</style>
</head>
<body>
<section id="why-jo" class="page">
<header><h1>Contact</h1></header>
<h2>Adipiscing Sem Nibh, Tortor<br />Malesuada Tellus Vestibulum Fusce.</h2>
<div id="accordion" style="width:532px;">
<h3>Section 1</h3>
<div>
<p>
Mauris mauris ante, blandit et, ultrices a, suscipit eget, quam. Integer
ut neque. Vivamus nisi metus, molestie vel, gravida in, condimentum sit
amet, nunc. Nam a nibh. Donec suscipit eros. Nam mi. Proin viverra leo ut
odio. Curabitur malesuada. Vestibulum a velit eu ante scelerisque vulputate.
</p>
</div>
<h3>Section 2</h3>
<div>
<p>
Sed non urna. Donec et ante. Phasellus eu ligula. Vestibulum sit amet
purus. Vivamus hendrerit, dolor at aliquet laoreet, mauris turpis porttitor
velit, faucibus interdum tellus libero ac justo. Vivamus non quam. In
suscipit faucibus urna.
</p>
</div>
<h3>Section 3</h3>
<div>
<p>
Nam enim risus, molestie et, porta ac, aliquam ac, risus. Quisque lobortis.
Phasellus pellentesque purus in massa. Aenean in pede. Phasellus ac libero
ac tellus pellentesque semper. Sed ac felis. Sed commodo, magna quis
lacinia ornare, quam ante aliquam nisi, eu iaculis leo purus venenatis dui.
</p>
<ul>
<li>List item one</li>
<li>List item two</li>
<li>List item three</li>
</ul>
</div>
<h3>Section 4</h3>
<div>
<p>
Cras dictum. Pellentesque habitant morbi tristique senectus et netus
et malesuada fames ac turpis egestas. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in
faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae; Aenean lacinia
mauris vel est.
</p>
<p>
Suspendisse eu nisl. Nullam ut libero. Integer dignissim consequat lectus.
Class aptent taciti sociosqu ad litora torquent per conubia nostra, per
inceptos himenaeos.
</p>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<!-- SECTION :: #why-jo -->
<section id="about" class="page">
<header><h1>Condimentum Sit Amet Fusce Magna</h1></header>
<h2>Adipiscing Sem Nibh, Tortor<br />Malesuada Tellus Vestibulum Fusce.</h2>
</section>
<script src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.8.3/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/ui/1.9.2/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<script src="http://kurosagi.x10.mx/js/vendor/jquery.scrollTo-1.4.3.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://kurosagi.x10.mx/js/vendor/jquery.scrollorama.js"></script>
<script src="http://kurosagi.x10.mx/js/vendor/jquery.easing.1.3.js"></script>
<script src="http://kurosagi.x10.mx/js/vendor/jquery.scrolldeck.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
$( "#accordion" ).accordion({
heightStyle: "content",
collapsible: true,
active: false
});
var deck = new $.scrolldeck({
buttons: '.nav-button',
slides: '.page',
duration: 2000,
easing: 'easeInOutExpo',
offset: -247
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>