[Steven Zahm]

@ daniel1166

re: need a pointer in the right direction to stop the auto updates to the template/card-single.php

Sure, see this tutorial on how to use template override files.

re: we have customized our market template and have tings just right, but twice now the auto update has reverted all the good work on the site

Are you certain that you are using the Market template? I ask because it has not received an update since 10/15/2014 and the updates to the Connections plugin will not affect the Market template — assuming that is the updates causing the trouble.

Hope that helps, let me know.