StickyStack.js

index.html

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  <section id="one">
    <h1>StickyStack.js</h1>
    <p class="helper">A jQuery plugin that creates a <em>stacking</em> effect by <em>sticking</em> panels as they reach the top of the viewport.</p>
    <br />
    <div class="button-wrapper">
      <a href="https://github.com/mike-zarandona/StickyStack.js/archive/master.zip" class="btn">Download</a>
      <a href="https://github.com/mike-zarandona/StickyStack.js" class="btn" target="_blank">GitHub</a>
    </div><!--/.button-wrapper-->
  </section>

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  <section id="two">
    <div class="shadow">
      <h1>Long pages feel like a stack of cards</h1>
     </div><!--/.shadow-->
  </section>

  <!-- section 3 -->
  <section>
    <div class="shadow">
      <h1>Usage</h1>
      <p><code><pre>$('.main-content-wrapper').stickyStack();
      </pre></code></p>
    </div>
  </section>
    
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  <section>
    <div class="shadow">
    <h1>Options</h1>
      <p><code><pre>$('.main-content-wrapper').stickyStack({
  containerElement: '.main-content-wrapper',
  stackingElement: 'section',
  boxShadow: '0 -3px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)'
});
      </pre></code></p>
    </div><!--/.shadow-->
    
  </section>

  <section>
    <p>Enjoy.</p>
    <div class="button-wrapper">
      <a href="https://github.com/mike-zarandona/StickyStack.js/archive/master.zip" class="btn">Download</a>
      <a href="https://github.com/mike-zarandona/StickyStack.js" class="btn" target="_blank">GitHub</a>
    </div><!--/.button-wrapper-->
    <small>by <a href="http://twitter.com/mikezarandona" target="_blank">mike zarandona</a></small>
  </section>
</div><!--/.main-content-wrapper-->

script.js

/*
**********************************************************
* StickyStack.js
* 
* Version:		v1.1.1
* Author:		Mike Zarandona
* Release:		June 03 2014
* 				Added data-scrollto for section scrolling
* 
* Reqs:			jQuery
* 
* Usage:		$('.main-content-wrapper').stickyStack({
*					containerElement:	'.main-content-wrapper',
*					stackingElement:	'section',
*					boxShadow:			'0 -3px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)'
*				});
**********************************************************
*/
!function(t){t.fn.stickyStack=function(e){function n(t){for(var e=0,n=0;t>n;n++)e+=s.eq(n).outerHeight(!0);s.eq(0).parent().css("padding-top",e);for(var o=0;o<s.length;o++)t>0?(s.eq(o).addClass("stuck"),t--):s.eq(o).removeClass("stuck")}function o(){for(var t=0,e=0;e<s.length;e++)i[e]=[],i[e][1]=s.eq(e).outerHeight(!0),s.eq(e).attr("data-scrollto",s.eq(e).offset().top),s.eq(e).hasClass("stuck")?(i[e][0]=t,t+=i[e][1]):i[e][0]=s.eq(e).offset().top,s.eq(e).attr("data-scrollto",i[e][0]),s.eq(e).attr("data-height",i[e][1]);console.log(t)}e=t.extend({},t.fn.stickyStack.options,e);var s=t(e.containerElement+" > "+e.stackingElement),i=[],a=e.stackingElement+"{box-sizing: border-box;-moz-box-sizing: border-box;position: relative;z-index: 100;}"+e.stackingElement+".stuck {position: fixed;top: 0;z-index: 0;}"+e.stackingElement+".stuck + "+e.stackingElement+":not(.stuck) {box-shadow: "+e.boxShadow+";}";t("head").append('<style type="text/css">'+a+"</style>"),t(document).ready(function(){o();var t=s.eq(0).outerWidth(!0);s.css("width",t+"px")}),t(window).on("scroll",function(){for(var e=t(window).scrollTop(),o=0,a=0;a<s.length;a++)e>=i[a][0]&&o++;n(o)}),t(window).on("resize",function(){s.css("width",t(e.containerElement).width()+"px"),o()})},t.fn.stickyStack.options={containerElement:".main-content-wrapper",stackingElement:"section",boxShadow:"0 -3px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25)"}}(jQuery);


$(window).load(function() {
  $('section').css('min-height', $(window).height());

  $('.main-content-wrapper').stickyStack();
});




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StickyStack.js.markdown

StickyStack.js

A jQuery plugin that creates a stacking effect by sticking panels as they reach the top of the viewport. Find it here on Github: https://github.com/mike-zarandona/StickyStack.js

A Pen by Mike Zarandona on CodePen.

License.

style.css

@import "lesshat";

@open-sans: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;

body { font: 16px/1.5em 'Open Sans', @open-sans; }

a {
  color: #fff;
  .transition(all 300ms);

  &:hover {
    background-color: #fff;
    color: #111;
  }
}

small {
  font-size: 10px;
  clear: both;
  display: block;
}

section {
  background-color: #303030;
  color: #fff;
  padding: 1em 2em;
  .box-sizing(border-box);
  background-size: cover;
  background-position: 50% 50%;
  display: block;
  
  &.stuck + section:not(.stuck) {
    box-shadow: 0 -3px 20px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  }
    
  &:before {
    content: '';
    display: block;
    position: absolute;
    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.65);
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    z-index: -1;
  }
  &:nth-child(1) {
    pading-top: 200px;
    text-align: center;
    background-image: url('http://i.imgur.com/CK4n7dV.jpg');
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: 50% 50%;
    position: relative;
    
    h1 {
      margin-top: 160px;
      margin-bottom: 0;
      line-height: 1em;
      font: 300 48px/1.2em @open-sans;
    }
    
    .helper {
      font-size: 14px;
      width: 50%;
      margin: 1em auto;
      line-height: 1.5em;
    }
  }
  
  &:nth-child(2) {
    background-image: url('http://i.imgur.com/l0kNMoI.jpg');
    position: relative;
    
    &:before { display: none; }
    

    h1 {
      font: 300 42px/1.3em @open-sans;
    }
  }
  
  &:nth-child(3) {
    background-image: url('http://i.imgur.com/T1zKXoY.jpg');
    
    h1 { font-weight: 300; margin-bottom: 1em; line-height:1.2em; }
    
    &:before { display: none; }
  }
  
  &:nth-child(4) {
    background-image: url('http://i.imgur.com/a2iscIQ.jpg');
    
    &:before { display: none; }
    
    .shadow {
      position: absolute;
      bottom: 40px;
      left: 20px;
    }
    
    h1 {
      font-weight: 300;
      line-height: 1.2em;
    }
  }
  
  &:nth-child(5) {
    background-image: url('http://i.imgur.com/Ajiqru4.jpg');
    background-position: 50% 100%;
    padding-top: 30%;
    text-align: center;
  }
} 



/* Modular Styles */
h1 {
  font-size: 3em;
}

.button-wrapper {
  margin: 0 auto;
  padding: 0px;
  width: 320px;
  position: relative;
  clear: both;
  
  .btn + .btn { margin-left: -4px; }
}

.btn {
  padding: 10px;
  font: bold 16px/1.2em sans-serif;
  border: 2px solid #fff;
  .border-radius(3px);
  background-color: transparent;
  text-decoration: none;
  margin: 0.5em auto;
  color: #fff;
  .transition(300ms all);
  display: inline-block;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  width: 49%;  
  
  &:hover {
    background-color: fade(#fff, 33%);
    color: #fff;
    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 #111;
  }

  &:first-of-type {
    margin-right: 2%;
  }
  &:last-of-type {
  }
}

.shadow {
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
  padding: 1em;
  border-radius: 5px;
  
  &:after { display: none; }
  
  h1, h2, h3 {
    &:first-of-type { margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 10px; }
  }
}

styles

<link href="http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:400,300,700" rel="stylesheet" />