This might help you: http://ez.no/products/ez_publish_cms/documentation/faq/general/content_does_not_appear_in_admin_after_publish
By the way, there is no reason to turn of the SmartCacheClear. It does not turn the smartcache mechanism completely off, but only does less cache invalidation. When SmartCacheClear is on does cache get cleared for related objects and so on..